Former Border Chief Testifies Over ArriveCan, Rejects Lying Accusation

Former Border Chief Testifies Over ArriveCan, Rejects Lying Accusation
John Ossowski, former head of the Canada Border Services Agency appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Nov.16, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Matthew Horwood
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The former president of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) denied that he lied about meeting with a subcontractor at the centre of the ArriveCan scandal, saying he had simply failed to remember the meeting.

“I will begin by taking issue with repeated references to me having lied, fibbed, or been demonstrably dishonest,” former CBSA President John Ossowski said in his opening statement to the Public Accounts Committee on May 16.