Federal Chief Technology Officer Lied to Committee About ArriveCAN, MPs Told

Minh Doan testified last month that he didn’t know who hired GC Strategies to build the ArriveCAN app.

A smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app is seen in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Giordano Ciampini

The federal government’s Chief Technology Officer Minh Doan lied when he testified at committee that he didn’t know who hired GC Strategies to build the ArriveCAN app, a former Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) director has told MPs.

Mr. Doan, at the time CBSA’s vice president, was the one who made the decision to hire GC Strategies, the agency’s former director Cameron MacDonald said in his Nov. 7 testimony before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.