Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan didn’t mince words when she explained the findings of her long-awaited report on the ArriveCan application.
“I’ve been an auditor for a few decades. I’ve been the auditor general for almost four years now. And I would tell you that this is probably some of the worst financial record-keeping that I’ve seen,” Ms. Hogan told reporters at a press conference on Feb. 12.
Ms. Hogan said her audit found that the three government bodies tasked with managing the procurement, development, and implementation of ArriveCan—the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)—showed a “glaring disregard for basic management and contracting practices throughout ArriveCan’s development and implementation.”