House Committee Hears Impacts of ArriveCan App on Canadian Industries

House Committee Hears Impacts of ArriveCan App on Canadian Industries
A smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app is seen in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Giordano Ciampini
Andrew Chen
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Mandatory use of the ArriveCan mobile app for travellers during the pandemic increased burdens on Canada’s border officers and discouraged tourism while causing significant losses to businesses, several witnesses told a parliamentary committee studying the matter.

“During COVID, we lost two tourism years. And unfortunately, we lost another tourism year this year. Two years we could blame on COVID; this year ... it was self-inflicted,” said Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on Sept. 27.