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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:42:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, ArriveCAN was supposed to cost taxpayers $80,000, but the NDP-Liberal government rewarded consultants and insiders, who got rich on taxpayer dollars for an app that nobody wanted. The app erroneously forced more than 10,000 people into house arrest. It did not work, and the Auditor General said it cost at least $60 million. ArriveCAN is now under 13 federal investigations. Two middlemen who do no IT work got rich in a corrupt system under the NDP-Liberal government. Some, including the witness today, became multi-millionaires. GC Strategies is a two-person company, and it claims to find people who actually do the work by using LinkedIn. Nearly $20 million for ArriveCan is what the company was paid, roughly $2,500 per hour. The people have been paid $100 million since forming GC Strategies just after the Liberal Prime Minister was elected. This is eight years under the Liberal Prime Minister. The Liberal government has been ordered to collect and recoup all funds paid to ArriveCAN contractors and subcontractors who did no work on the ArriveCAN app. Has the government asked Mr. Firth to repay the money paid to GC Strategies on ArriveCAN?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:44:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the procurement watchdog found “numerous examples where [GC Strategies] had simply copied and pasted” information to prove the people GC Strategies found to do work on ArriveCAN actually did it. Has the government asked GC Strategies to repay the money paid to GC Strategies for ArriveCAN?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:45:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for how many contracts did GC Strategies copy and paste the exact same information?
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Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:45:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know from committee testimony that Mr. Firth has admitted to doing exactly that. Today, media reports that Mr. Firth's property was raided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. What crime are they investigating?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:45:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have also confirmed that GC Strategies and ArriveCAN are under police investigation. Has the RCMP contacted Mr. Firth about allegations related specifically to the Prime Minister's $60-million arrive scam?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:46:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the search of Mr. Firth's home, did the RCMP take only electronic devices, or were there documents, cellphones or any other information?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:46:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, does Mr. Firth know if the property of his partner, Darren Anthony, has been searched by the RCMP?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:47:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, GC Strategies is two guys in a basement taking 30% commissions on multi-million dollar contracts that they add no value to, but they have endorsements from senior NDP-Liberal government officials. On the endorsements, who was the Government of Canada chief information officer who offered a quote?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:47:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, GC Strategies is two guys in a basement taking 30% commissions on multi-million dollar contracts that they add no value to, but they have endorsements from senior NDP-Liberal government officials. On—
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:48:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this company has done no work on the multi-million dollar contracts it has been given by the Liberal government, supported by the NDP. On the endorsements on the company's website, who was the Government of Canada chief information officer who provided an endorsement?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:49:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, are all of the subcontractors that GC Strategies uses Canadian companies?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:49:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is the subcontractors used on Government of Canada contracts.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:50:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is not an answer to the question I asked. Does Mr. Firth have any knowledge of or involvement in the reviews for the ArriveCAN app on either the Apple store or the Google Play store being artificially amplified or paid for, any knowledge at all?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 3:50:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will give the remainder of my time to the member for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, please.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Apr/17/24 4:30:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there was no English translation for the member's question.
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