ArriveCan scandal: GC Strategies partner grilled in parliament as property raided by RCMP | FULL

GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth testified in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the RCMP had raided one of his properties, but said it was not related to the ArriveCan app.
Firth’s two-person Ottawa IT firm is the main contractor behind the controversial pandemic-era program.
He told the House of Commons during a rare interrogation from members of Parliament that the Mounties paid him a visit.
“There was a search warrant, not an arrest warrant, for my property to obtain electronic goods surrounding the Botler allegations,” Firth said in response to a question from Conservative MP Michael Barrett.
“The RCMP has only reached out to us regarding Botler.”
Botler AI - A Montreal-based tech company-had raised concerns about alleged misconduct in government contracting practices.
Firth was ordered to appear after being held in contempt of Parliament for refusing to answer questions to a parliamentary committee studying ArriveCan.
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[@thiessmonkey]

I too would suffer from mental health issues if I robbed hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers

[@SPYOPSUNDERGROUNDFOX]

its all in the game

[@marquefan1]

This fellow's actions over the past few years have not contributed to nights of peaceful sleep.

[@shirleyflamand7333]

He was asked in the House, was he ashamed. He answered, he was not ashamed. A doctor's note 😂 😂😂😂😂

[@anearthling12]

I am sure he didn't have any mental flare ups when he was fleecing millions of dollars while Canadians are lined up at the food banks. Do we have any govt intitution with integrity that can look up his accounts?.

[@MilanDW77]

He’s protected as long as liberals JT leader and his lawyers Canadian tax payers pay for and this scandal continues to be paid for court proceedings by Canadians.

[@777thetruth2]

I doubt it!

[@bronco1199]

Firth is the fall guy

[@marquefan1]

Yes, who is going with him? Haven't named a an un-elected civil servant yet. Unlikely any elected members will get picked by their own. Who was in charge on health?

[@dragonsnightmare6061]

Bingo 100%

[@Clydeb_9994]

Daily reminder to vote Justin and Singh out ASAP!

[@gaetsys.4304]

We have no good candidates though.

[@strast1572]

@@gaetsys.4304 Legitimately curious, are there policies or stances that have you disliking Pierre?

[@gaetsys.4304]

@@strast1572 if you go look at his voting record, it should tell you everything.

[@ohsnap6506]

@@gaetsys.4304 if Pierre does what he says, iill be happy enough, but ill believe it when is see it. I'm voting for him, the rest are way worse

[@gaetsys.4304]

@@strast1572 voted against cannabis legalizations Voted against gay marriage Voted for restriction on abortion Votes against the working class

[@chrisogden7001]

Jail

[@slapshotbigmac822]

Straight to jail

[@dt8460]

Firth your a thief Throw him in jail

[@ansonbell9777]

Firth is just the fall boy

[@ansonbell9777]

Firth is the fall guy

[@derek89273]

Chalet guy will open up a new business under a new name and carry on. He will also keep his millions. Hiding behind a make belief medical condition prescribed by his lawyer.

[@dt8460]

Sit down Jagmeet your a joke your just worried about your pension

[@waldmarwolchuk9483]

Terrorist he can't put 1 foot step in the USA soil because if he did straight to Crow Bar Hotel

[@dt8460]

Your always full of it Trudeau You wrecked Canada Trudeau in 8 years Just quit because you won’t get voted back in That’s why all your money is offshore Trudeau

[@jozero_o]

the bots are off target today

[@heatseeker_]

​@@jozero_odon't deflect the deflect 😅

[@Tarmac76]

23:24 "We have not been asked to pay any money back." That's all Canadians need to know about this useless government. This is all for show.

[@causewhynot6485]

acute mental health problem ahaha your current situation would give anyone issues hahah I don't think that means you get outta this one bub

[@zserbs2326]

Remember that they have yet to be asked to pay any amount of money back. Also let’s remember this is an 80 thousand dollar app at the core of an 80 million dollar scam.

[@none0839]

Everything was okay when his money tucked him in that night.

[@user-qq4zg4gg3w]

This is all smoke and mirrors. He should be charged with fraud and judged in a court of law.

[@dt8460]

We weren’t in debt 8 years ago Trudeau You wrecked Canada in 8 years Trudeau

[@denise985fyi]

Yes we were

[@dt8460]

@@denise985fyi like we are now

[@dt8460]

Listen to the parrot Freeland

[@npcimknot958]

Remmeber people. This man stole millions.. lied.. just pretends hes stressed.. doesn’t do any jail time.. Only in canada

[@ansonbell9777]

50/50 chance he’s a fall guy

[@777thetruth2]

Better look at the treasonous, corrupt, political puppets in the U.S., before saying that!

[@onhightides]

And even sits in house of commons lying

[@zodlovesyou7146]

If he could come to the house of commons, lie, then be released again with no apparent consequences, what was the point of admonishing him?

[@asphaltcowboy5172]

Zero accountability from liberals ever

[@jokerpackbreaks6416]

This guy is delusional my lord housing is horrible because of him

[@LisetteCom]

They are millionaires now they don’t care but Canadiens that had to go to motels for days and pay thousands of dollars they should sue the government for there expenses and change that to gcstrateges firth what a crook jail time for those bandits 🗝️throw the key away .

[@kathyhermanson7168]

A doctor's note...how convenient and not surprising they pulled this stunt!

[@jadedeyes5286]

Did Trudeau get to the RCMP again ?

[@Fishforfun7977]

No doubt Trudeau knew this guy from some private pocket pool club. That is how this guy got all these contracts

[@Up_north_with_Mike]

Why has Global News not prevented open discourse and allowed for comments? After all this issue is directly related with Covid.

[@BudzzableRides]

I can hardly blame him, who wouldn’t take millions from Justin when he’s dumb enough to make it available?

[@SPYOPSUNDERGROUNDFOX]

in his eyes he's smarter than You -I-We -he and his ilk don't know shame that's a peasants thing and he's right

[@guyb7005]

Wonder if he'll run for the FIBeral leadership once JT is tossed?

[@crazyhandshands9028]

Who's answering the questions for him through the headset.

[@jozero_o]

its called a translator, sir

[@derek89273]

He had a lawyer too

[@jkulak2310]

​@jozero_o You mean they're translating english to engwish?Is that what you're saying

[@johnconnor4749]

​@@jkulak2310 French to English pal

[@jadedeyes5286]

This is so corrupted it’s sickening .🤬

[@Seandizzle25]

Hes stressed??? Boo hoo look at all the money he stole, some canadians wont make that income in several life times

[@LisetteCom]

Since l listended to all this serious parlement meeting after listening to firths awnsers full of lies and deceptions to Canadien public he seriously deserves jail time it’s unfortunate that he won’t be prosecuted but l would suggest he disappeared from our beautiful Country.

[@erniebrossart6855]

Where did they find the speaker of the house on facebook or Kijiji?

[@sachinjaveri1]

How can he accurately quantify / remember the payments he received when the amount (taxpayers money) is so large that he can barely count it?

[@13nighthawk]

So he was gently warned? Asked to please not do this again? The Libs are worried he needs to listen to their doctors 🖕 Mental flare-ups. Really? 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m having one too, just listing to this C.R.A.P

[@terrencegreen3256]

By the amount of MP’s in the house they must realized in advance this is a total waste of time getting Kristian Firth appear at the bar or don’t want to be apart of this corrupt coverup

[@Adam-wl6hp]

They can freeze the trucker's bank accounts but not this guys???

[@jadedeyes5286]

Why would he object doesn’t he want to know the answer ? Very suspicious

[@dt8460]

Trudeau do you remember saying housing wasn’t a federal problem Now your care because your down in the poles

[@KanadianKing]

That app was such a POS! What a damn waste of time. They would refuse to let you out of the airpoet until you downloaded it, updated it, and then filled out all these stupid questions. Some of the questions i had to log into my emails and search for information on injections and what not. I didnt need the app to leave Canada, but all of a sudden I came back and was held hostage. There was old people there for hours because they didnt have cell phones with the app. They had to wait for family to come and help them. Absolutely despicable and an absolute trash government idea. I didnt even feel like i was in Canada when this happened.

[@elainericher1146]

Get all our money back and give it to our veterans

[@jadedeyes5286]

Skimmed through that very lazy . Does he know something we don’t ? He seems very calm today unlike the other question periods . He’s lying and getting help with his answers .

[@georgehiotis]

Trudeau's scapegoat once again.

[@jadedeyes5286]

That’s exactly what it is.

[@Debthouse]

Subpoena the doctor or call an expert medical witness then to deem whether or not the witness can participate.

[@user-md1ik4fx3s]

If only they knew how much Canadians are hurting. Imagine if this company gave the $$ to Canadians. I want to sue them!

[@0Akeldama0]

ok so the story from the good guys will be that the bad guys are attacking an ailing man. Any way to define cons as bad is the goal.

[@kb12689]

Ailing man? 😂😂😂

[@0Akeldama0]

@@kb12689 yes im saying its a dishonest tactic, what are you saying?

[@kb12689]

@@0Akeldama0 I'm agreeing with you and I find the ailing man claim ludicrous.

[@mozerm]

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of similar contractors working for federal contracts. He just found a way to successfully exploit a corrupt/inept system. The caretakers of the system itself (such as Anita Anand) are the ones who should be grilled and fired and have their pensions taken away.

[@terrencegreen3256]

I bet Kristian is sick to his stomach that he may have to pay back millions. If Canadians are not appalled by the statement made by Steven MacKinnon then this country is in deeper trouble than Canadian are aware of.

[@thejonnyera]

ArriveACAM am I right !?

[@Debthouse]

12:53 "Diagnosed with acute mental health flare-ups." Was his doctor head-hunted by GC Strategies as well? Isn't "acute mental health flare-ups" a symptom of being a human being and dealing with the challenges and problems that are typical of living?

[@ingridhl4559]

I think I'm getting a mental flare up 🤔 Had I known I could use that one, maybe I would have been used that to be able to travel and take care of my loved ones that became vac injured. 😢

[@cargr2236]

Cou-cou Liberals! Where are you hiding???

[@davidwu8232]

"No, I'm not ashamed"

[@alessandrosilveira9009]

Mental health? But to still money from hard workers , this THING was on a good health...

[@mcewenl]

This is crazy, how did the contract balloon from 80,000 to to 60 million dollars?? Did they buy a spaceship? And why is Trudeau still in power?. First the Jody Wilson-Raybould scandal, then the WII Scandal and now this.

[@RaoulDukeSr]

Far far more scandals than that !!!!! 🍁⚖🍁

[@toptechtowing6340]

Didn't seem like he had any mental health issues. Nice lie. Call the doctor in for questioning now lol

[@jadedeyes5286]

Of course he can’t remember. So disgusting .

[@freethinkradio]

This is where Bette Midler would sing Send In The Clowns.....

[@stevebadachmusic]

he's only stressed about how he's going to spend all that taxpayer money.

[@steelarmour]

Canadians are fleeced on salaries bi-weekly, what’s their mental condition

[@KenethMwaura-gp7ik]

Larry Brock!

[@mcewenl]

Oh my f'n .... what a dogs poo

[@Scrotumofbodom1]

Why cnst we have Trudeau answer all questions posed to him

[@Stevi987]

This guy should be in cuffs!

[@adamlaw4428]

Firth didn’t to anything criminal but he did do something that was unscrupulous- there is no way to recover the money so in an effort to cover up themselves, they have resorted to this public shaming type effort.

[@ingridhl4559]

There are programs in jail where he can work and give back what he stole or he could come clean with the truth and expose his handlers.

[@Fishforfun7977]

Sociopath!!!

[@AaronTechman]

The RCMP investigating crimes associated to JTs liberal friends, hard to belive considering how blatantly absurd the GC contracts were not to mention how arrogant the 2 owners are.

[@ingridhl4559]

They are all getting kick backs from the military industrial complex. Wake t f up

[@zodlovesyou7146]

1:08:00 - Was the speaker correct to initially not allow a repeat of the question? Looked like he was siding with the liberals, to silence an inquiry of who in the parliament enabled GC Strategies. Firth was clearly trying to dodge the question.

[@dougwillox6090]

This is a joke, right???? It’s easy to get medically excused when you have millions of OUR dollars!

[@dt8460]

Lamoureux what are you hiding

[@ijji4615]

Inspite of doing something rihgt, such as measures and mandates over the covid-19, but bad on the testing kit procurement procedure. JT is not capable of keeping up his job as a PM, lack of vision and many of his ministers and department heads are sloppy and rotting. This country is sliping down in many aspects in recent years.

[@jkulak2310]

You have got to be kidding about the COVID measures because if you truly believe that then nothing else you say matters paly waly!! Lmao😅😅😅😅😅

[@grievous012]

The volume mixing in this is awful, the translator and the speaker shouldn't be at the same level. You should either mute or turn down the volume of the speaker when the translator is doing her job. Really amateur mistake, no idea how this happened

[@YsMining-zc1uj]

he JUST finished saying it in english then translate the french in english.... how stupid is that rule

[@SkyDiverCanada]

Do Doctors lie or tell the truth?

[@canzhao8076]

Scammer!

[@rickvervoort9536]

Wonder how much Bleachbit and hammers was used in the making of this scandal

[@drvelocci]

Kinda crazy that this hasn’t happened in 100+ years, and the fact they can force anyone to testify

[@ernestjean7483]

Ferguson is a crook

[@dt8460]

It’s a good thing that we don’t have enough houses Trudeau It’s your fault we don’t have enough houses You just showed that you don’t give a sh t

[@codydavidyates72]

Whoop dee doo (Due du la Whoop?)

[@Fishforfun7977]

Why does mr firth plead the fith

[@ingridhl4559]

Because that only applies to U S law and he is in Canada

[@mariahaarsma9700]

Is this poor guy answering questions with the PM staring at him?

[@josephsisson]

Black Face was nowhere to be seen!

[@Rose-inspirations]

I'm tried of the way Canadians vote, we go back and forth but expect different results...we have seen what both sides have done and both have had ridiculous scandals. I'm not saying to vote NDP but we do have other choices. We should look into another party that would actually have Canada and it's peoples in first place.

[@virtuosoification]

ppc ?

[@carlafreeman6680]

didnt all this initially begin under the Harper goverment....

[@ingridhl4559]

Perhaps it all did with the Queen After all the elites always cover their dirt and scratch their backs.

[@juliusbadovsky2378]

Where was his dignity when he stole the millions of dollars I think he should stay up there and answered all the questions and refund all the million dollars no tears from me.He should be jailed and pay back all that money that they stole and maybe the hungry kids could be fed from all that millions of dollars instead of using them taxpayers money

[@user-ks7tb1ol7k]

Stop with the translating...its very annoying to hear...

[@joepipito7431]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@HarryWang123]

lol sure diagnosed lmao, made it up.

[@ingridhl4559]

Diagnosed to go spend his money at the Epstein island

[@doriangoodwin3108]

housing is horrible because of outside factors hitting every g7 nation...its a ruse to blame it on one person

[@dt8460]

Blind liberal lover

[@dt8460]

Seriously give your head a shake

[@doriangoodwin3108]

@dt8460 what? I usually vote NDP? Do u understand what u just did?

[@derek89273]

If you really must know it’s a supply and demand market. Too many immigrants and not enough housing. Also, interest rates are too high due to high inflation caused by the Liberal government. There’s a lot more but I’ll keep it short.

[@doriangoodwin3108]

@dt8460 how so why so? backup your personal remark please

[@Up_north_with_Mike]

I'd like to put my hat in the ring and offer my services to create a Donate Your Last Dollars to the Ukraine. I can guesstimate the costs would be approximately $120,000CAD.

[@nomorebadgov8873]

Firth and the rest of them .....where greed, manipulation and opportunity meet. They should all be in jail.

[@thetruedemocraticnorth]

crying conservative

[@Krohmel]

Liberals suffer from a men deficit.

[@jkb358]

Do you support the corrupt authoritarian Trudeau regime?

[@stroker-ve4ru]

JUST ANOTHER TRUDEAU SCAM,HOW MUCH DID TRUDEAU AND THE REST OF THE LIBERAL CROOKS,LIARS AND THIEVES STUFF IN THEIR POCKETS. FROM YRUDEAU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CLOWN CALLED THE SPEAKER THEY ARE ALL AS I MENTIONED ABOVE,JUST LIKE TRUMP AND HIS CLOWNS.

[@panasazov8200]

Is ArriveCan halal as good as Global News?

[@Buy_YouTube_Views_a135]

I feel like I just discovered a hidden gem on KZbin!

[@Fishforfun7977]

The comedy show that never ends

[@jadedeyes5286]

Firth was not capable to build this AP. But received a big payout didn’t he ?

[@denise985fyi]

He should have answered at the first committee! Don't cry high stress now!

[@jadedeyes5286]

Bull💩 Firth

[@darekdarecki1234]

oh, how convenient - mental things now..... so the government is hiring subs with mental problems???

[@Rose-inspirations]

I loved the Green parties questions and that last question got the whole place just sitting on their site waiting for the response... Aren't you ashamed??? That is what a person with human responsibility, normals, and caring for the people of Canada says. She deserves to be the prime minister... not anyone else