It is “fairly common” for federal employees to moonlight as contractors, says a former Department of National Defence employee who worked as an ArriveCan supplier. David Yeo, CEO of Dalian Enterprises Inc. of Ottawa, yesterday said plenty of public servants “have a little side gig.”

“I have been around the department forever,” Yeo testified at the Commons public accounts committee. “Everybody has their day to day work and maybe they have a little side gig at night doing something else.”