Western Standard - February 20, 2024


Motion to summon GC Strategies： ArriveCan App Scam

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Justin Trudeau
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1 minute

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Word count

249

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5


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The Government Operations Committee is set to meet this afternoon, where Common Sense Conservatives will put forward a motion to summon the two people who worked on Justin Trudeau's $60 million IT scam scandal to appear before the committee. The motion is critical and it's going to be a real test of the NDP Liberal Coalition.

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00:00:00.000 As the Government Operations Committee is set to meet this afternoon where
00:00:03.800 Common Sense Conservatives will put forward a motion summoning the principles of GC Strategies
00:00:13.080 to appear before the Government Operations Committee. Now GC Strategies of course is the
00:00:19.140 two-person firm who worked on Justin Trudeau's $60 million arrive scam scandal but this app
00:00:28.660 had this $20 million contract where this company did no actual IT work and they have now twice
00:00:36.180 refused to appear having been summoned by committee and the effect of today's motion
00:00:43.340 will be to use the full power of the House of Commons to have these individuals appear before
00:00:51.620 committee. It's incredibly important when we have this report from the Auditor General that
00:00:57.120 revealed that this $60 million scandal with this app that wrongly imprisoned, 10,000 Canadians
00:01:06.040 wrongly quarantined them, didn't have proper management oversight and no cost controls and
00:01:13.020 of course revealed that the app cost many millions more than the government had first disclosed.
00:01:19.640 So today's motion is critical and it's going to be a real test of the NDP Liberal Coalition because
00:01:27.820 we're going to find out if the NDP are prepared to provide the accountability and answers that
00:01:35.200 Canadians deserve in Justin Trudeau's latest scandal and this is the minimum that they can do. We understand
00:01:43.400 that they've been in the practice of helping Justin Trudeau cover up his scandals but in this case
00:01:50.220 Canadians deserve answers and accountability and that's what our motion is calling for today.