Canada’s auditor general will certainly be carrying out a complete audit of all federal government agreements granted to GC Strategies, the business at the centre of the ArriveCan debate.
In a letter to the House of Commons on Monday, Karen Hogan verified that her workplace would certainly check out all federal government agreements granted to GC Strategies, its precursor Coredal and various other firms integrated by the 2 founders. She will certainly likewise analyze relevant subcontracts.
“We are in the process of gathering information that will allow us to properly scope and plan the audit,” Hogan composed in a letter to Speaker Greg Fergus.
The auditor general’s letter remained in action to a demand from the House federal government procedures board, among a variety of MP boards that have actually been looking at GC Strategies following the ArriveCan job.
Hogan reported in March that extreme dependence on professionals was a significant element adding to ArriveCan’s ballooning $59.5-million cost– though she kept in mind that number is just a quote offered the inadequate record-keeping around the job.
Hogan approximated that GC Strategies obtained $19.1 million for the job. But that figure just consists of cash paid to the business approximately March of 2023.
Canada’s administrator basic informed the House public accounts board in March that GC Strategies and Coredal have actually been granted 118 agreements completing $107 million considering that 2011.
The RCMP has actually likewise been investigating GC Strategies.
