GC Strategies testifies about $9M ArriveCan contract

GC Strategies billed the government $9 million over two years, with most of that money being paid out to software engineers and others who actually built components of ArriveCan, the company’s managing partner, Kristian Firth told the government operations and estimates committee. The Ottawa firm was the largest single contractor on the federal government’s controversial ArriveCan app and Firth and his partner, Darren Anthony, personally earned between $1.3 million and $2.7 million for their work.
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[@DavidMcCalister]

I really appreciate how much better the conservatives are these day under Pierre at keeping a corrupt government in check.

[@fredpennerfringe]

Hilarious! Give them time, they’re all on the same team.

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

@@fredpennerfringe So I should vote for the PPC in the next federal election? You can't say they're a part of the collusion. All the other parties hate them.

[@andrelevesque2212]

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[@rickschritt1616]

@@fredpennerfringe Sorry , no they're not Lefty , just your buddies in the liberal and NDP.

[@papitochulo7092]

If u think pierre isnt part of them you're really in for a surprise. At this point you just pray and hope hes not part of the WEF.

[@topayo]

Thank God for Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives for exposing Justin Trudeaus criminal corruption

[@randyf1876]

Pierre Poilievre for PM

[@user-ug4vg2qf3h]

Thank God for doing his job....

[@keithstone790]

This is truly crazy.

[@FroddyPlay]

You know damn well he would do it too if he could lmao

[@pap3rlane]

HOW IS THE MAN NOT IN JAIL

[@MollyMarine]

The man testifying is only a technical recruiter. Got a heck of a commission out of it. The project managers and team leads whom they hired to work on ArriveCAN need to testify. This guy only finds and places people in their roles, in addition to collecting a large amount of money. Unbelievable waste of money at tax payers expense

[@louismeloche3857]

He's a tech pimp, that's all.

[@derek89273]

This happens all the time, he’s technically a project manager and works for %.

[@CX-ru1ql]

Thank you for that. So much corruption hard to keep track of it much less understand all of it

[@nospamman4443]

just not sure what they'll find even if they do get the devs to testify. seems like this recruiter found talent using apolitical means and rendered a service that was suboptimal... that's the SDLC

[@batsbattlefield]

"Gatekeeper"

[@ryanhorner1675]

9 million dollars to recruit the programmers?! Are you kidding me? The middle men get 9 mill lol What a waste of taxpayer money 🤬

[@insaniac82]

The 9 million dollars includes paying the programmers

[@eazyb7974]

@@insaniac82 Then where did the other $45 million dollars go to?

[@insaniac82]

This recruiter literally said the staff he supplied were just responsible for the mobile and web app components. This does not include any other components of the system that needed to be built such as backend infrastructure, translation layers that would need to exist to have data passed around from this system to the legacy systems. The 9 mil was for the programmers that built the web app and mobile app, and presumably that includes some sort of backend for frontend API service as well. That accounts for the 17-25 developers + the recruiters commission fee for that one component of several other components that need to be built for such a project. The other components could be data ingestion by internal services, integrating with various legacy systems, hardware infrastructure, etc. I would like to know the full breakdown too, but this tech recruiter can only account for the (mostly) frontend part of the project Don't get me wrong, I still believe they overpaid, but the whole thing is being oversimplified to make it seem like the overpayment is an absurd amount by people who don't know how tech works

[@haotj]

@@insaniac82 This should be top comment. I estimated 20 devs for 2 years based on salaries as well. Was it over paid? Probably yes, but consider these are contractors, where you don't have to pay for benefits, office, internet, utilities, equipment it's not too bad. The part I disagree is paying recruiters to recruit entire teams, there are plenty of software shops based in Canada that would have the clearance to these type of work, and the middle man can be cut out.

[@eyeswideopen67]

@@eazyb7974 most of it probably in trudeau's pocket

[@WhistleMaster]

JT is screwing Canada! These guys made 10 million dollars for passing on a bunch of resumes!

[@Rachidasister]

Absolutely! TrudeauMustGo!

[@rangerjjj]

RESUMES that they "doctored" and "altered"! They switched and modified things on those RESUMES to BENEFIT THEIR COMPANY - GC STRATEGIES !!! Criminal's R US! Sickening.

[@done536]

Actually, as of Feb 2024 we find out he was paid $20 million

[@thamomentum]

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION

[@WhistleMaster]

@@thamomentum Just what we know as of now. I can be any number now! :(

[@bena.282]

This is a disgrace.. Unethical contractors exploiting corrupt or incompetent gov agencies is nothing new unfortunately, so I'm glad this case is getting some heat.

[@ItsKyleMang]

Why are you making the goverment sound like the victim?

[@dokopal]

@@ItsKyleMang Why did you have the impression the gov was a victim? I'd say the notion was the gov was if not the perpetrator here it was at least the facilitator ....

[@ItsKyleMang]

@@dokopal I agree with you. I was questioning the comment of Behzad.

[@soving]

Need a forensic audit done of all Gov't official who let these sole sourced contracts... I am 100% sure you will find a winfall of kickbacks and such... Right from hiring family to sport tickets, to vacations...guarenteed

[@jaymeyer9713]

What blows me away is that they keep cutting the crap out of healthcare yet they piss away so much money on BS, and can’t account for much of it.

[@joelzinho4600]

This is insane. This is terrible. Literally I am losing faith in Canadian government, and losing faith in so much of the population who votes them in.

[@cyizamwana2135]

You made a good point...the problem is not this corrupt government, but the population that allows it to stay in power. Completely incomprehensible!

[@chrissynunia3308]

Your just loosing faith now? Wow! I'm not sure how you made it through the summer of 2020 with even a shred of faith left for them....I'm not sure that *%^#head did get voted in....I'm starting to feel like it's all rigged. Such a shit show. Much Love and God Bless you and yours 💖

[@bridecolbourne1305]

Only loosing faith now? Better late than never🙏🏼🥰

[@Pelvicks]

If politics didn't become such a taboo, we would see that nobody voted for them. They elected themselves.

[@joeypaige]

Don’t be deluded into thinking we were involved in who actually won. We got our Turd, the same way America got Biden….. mail in ballots. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankhuxter8472]

A 2 person company gets $9M over two years (30% commission) for doing basically nothing except find a few people to design the system. WOW. WOW.

[@dimitriosotis8632]

--at least they found qualified, efficient IT Experts who brought in a technically-accomplished app and under-budget...🙄

[@kis.stupid]

They don't do nothing, they often do the administration or a part of, they are constantly recruiting and contacting companies to fill the spots. It's called arbitrage. Contract workers earn a lot $600-1000/day? Possibly more in Canada. Why it took 2 years, idk, I can understand the slow pace of working with a government (blocking issues, ...). The legacy systems etc. That something can be rebuilt in a fraction of the time as the original, is normal. I can rebuild my older projects, I worked months or years on, in 2 weeks. Thanks to new technology and all the questions & decisions are already clear, ...

[@Cazador60140]

This is how it works folks every a plane load of consultants leave Montreal and fly to Ottawa , someone has to recruit these folks and be paid for the hard and exhausting work of answering the phone

[@DAZY-CALI]

Now that’s what I call damn good job lol 😂Now those are some entrepreneurs but maybe got too greedy … not sure what’s going on but am trying to follow 😅

[@jasonrolling9338]

Government has to start being held accountable audited and put in Prison. If that doesn't happen the Corruption will only get worse.

[@youtrickube1475]

Maybe the app is so expensive because it had to provide timely surveillance data to the World Economic Forum.

[@troyzieman7177]

You know what leave your conspiracy nonsense in your own tin hat wearing head . The WEF is not the issue here . See the government uses half wits like you to avoid accountability for the real problem , which is an over priced APP that didn't work correctly

[@youtrickube1475]

@@troyzieman7177 Damn! You mean I'm wearing the wrong kind of hat? Mine is a tin-foil hat, not a tin hat. Thanks for setting me straight.

[@troyzieman7177]

@@youtrickube1475 you can't be set straight you are cognitively locked in on a narrative. Yes the WEF is running your life, how do you know? Well you watched a KZbin video . Now you are a certified expert on world affairs. I would guess you are also a KZbin doctor. Vaccines are a conspiracy. A half wit with a KZbin account

[@youtrickube1475]

@@troyzieman7177 Thanks for setting me straight. Again...

[@troyzieman7177]

@@youtrickube1475 there is nothing that can cure stupid. So you are pretty locked in . Don't worry the WEF will straighten it all out .

[@HoofHearted801]

My passport says as proof of my citizenship that I am able to travel abroad and to return to Canada unempeded. No further add-on qualifiers are mentioned in Cdn Law

[@mohammadkamran5862]

Well unfortunately for all of us. If Trudeau gets elected again he will definitely make sure there is a law changed in that aspect as well where the “unempeded” part might be removed so he can ensure you get your shots or no entry back into Canada. Lol. With everything he’s done… it definitely seems like a possibility for him to get that done in no time.

[@susanwood2115]

Amen

[@carla89cc]

EXACTLY!!

[@tomsnow2872]

Yeah but you live in Canada which means technically speaking you arent entitled to your god given English rights.

[@landsea7332]

" My passport says as proof of my citizenship that I am able to travel abroad and to return to Canada unempeded. No further add-on qualifiers are mentioned in Cdn Law. " Exactly , The ArriveCan App was about power and control . It was designed to use coercion to remove a Canadian Citizen's right to healthcare privacy . .

[@gaojun73]

Two person company was chosen by government because of its excellent service 😂😂

[@iBoatLaunch]

Excellent Service in this context is code for Trudeau corruption.

[@iamjocanadian]

And $3m commission....

[@RISINGDRAGON557]

Yup . Seem like a 2 man virtual army. Bill gates is pissed off 📴🤣

[@brokenspell4851]

Because they went to the same private school as Justin and Gerald.

[@JasonOwlbright]

@@brokenspell4851 is that actually true? How do you know and why is this not talked about more?

[@eggman6995]

They won't say if they got 15% or 30%- which likely means that the Fed didn't even negotiate with this outfit. How a Staffing firm got a sole sourced contract needs to be investigated.

[@jacobwood7083]

I need to stop being aware of this government oh my days. It is pure pain at this point.

[@splendiferous.p.laptypus]

$44 million in 2 years for a couple of HR managers. Good work Canada. $9 million for "time and material for engagement". That is literally $9 million for recruiting. These guys also get money from the CBC for headhunting, so that $44 million is not even the bottom line for taxpayer dollars going to these two guys. This is ONE contractor. Government of Canada is great at making millionaires on behalf of the taxpayers.

[@lynnmacleod5005]

They are not a IT staffing firm. They are headhunters.

[@derek89273]

It’s actually quite a good strategy, these guys cleaned up. No overhead, no staff or benefits and tax deductions as they work from home.

[@dokopal]

@@derek89273 just profit 15-30% off the top, pure and simple. Easy money from the other people's money😎

[@derek89273]

@@dokopal agreed and it happens way too often.

[@lynnmacleod5005]

@@derek89273 yet,,,,a couple IT guys reproduced the arrive can app in 48 hours which they said should have cost the government 250 thousand.....not 54 million

[@tamaramackay3008]

@@dokopal crooks

[@richibucto1]

There are plenty of companies in Canada who have people on staff who could have done this project without paying "IT Recruiters" a healthy markup - only the government is dumb enough to pay people to do this. I've led digital projects across multiple countries and languages collecting & managing data and I can tell you it's more than what the company hacked in a weekend, but definitely far less than the $54 million spent. I wish I could make the kind of money that guy is making!

[@lionheart7431]

Government knows how to rip off tax payers without implications. But they'll get kick back during campaign donations

[@haotj]

Government isn't dumb, some decision maker is just corrupt. ArriveCan cost $9 million, I wonder what other projects costs the other $45 million. Either way, cutting out recruiters would make the cost a lot more reasonable

[@unknownname8591]

Trudeau doesn't know this, he doesn't know his own country that well.

[@susanwood2115]

I have to wonder with the PM history, was this guy or his partner childhood friends with the PM, or maybe the PM has a conflict of interest with this company?

[@MrGchiasson]

Wonderful was getting kickbacks from the contractors...or even take contractor names. Someone is going to turn state's evidence & plea bargain.

[@bigfose1]

GC got a HR/Recruitment company to design an App, unbelievable.

[@julieleduc631]

Actually the government of Canada hired a recruitment company to find and hire a team of people to create and design the arrive can app. Yeah they're pretty pathetic

[@julieleduc631]

If people don't put their own money in it. It's usually a waste and dog f******

[@MetaliCanuck]

The same app could of been made in 2 days at the cost of a $250,000. Reality.

[@rickschritt1616]

SNC Lavelan has benefited from successive liberal governments for decades , for being the so called middle man on both projects and maintenance contracts , they've been the middle man on Canada Posts maintenance contracts for many decades , and of course the are based in Quebec , and have been large donaters for decades as well , all this corruption run's very deep within the federal liberals , but Trudeau has definitely taken it to a much higher level.

[@reppy0757]

@@MetaliCanuck Free if you had a hungry intern with a thirst to do good. That's someone I would be an unbelievable amount of money to if their work speaks for itself. This is the opposite of that for sure.

[@brophmantube]

Anyone that does a bit of research will see that building the most elaborate app at a HIGH cost would be 300,000 plus ... we are at 54 million, that is criminal.

[@nicokilla11]

Having worked for a IT Consulting/Development firm, 300k for an app doesn't get you much now adays. Now add that the security, compliance, complex integrations with back end systems (which not all will have modern API infrastructure) and sign offs required by multiple levels of government add another couple of 00s to the contract and youll get an accurate figure. Should it have been 54M, certainly not but we cant expect to have apps designed for governement be done in the same way you have an app to send memes to your friends. Figures on the internet tell you very little about the real work that had to be done, so what we should really be looking at is: What would have been the internal cost to build it vs outsourcing it. If outsourcing it was the best option, then thats the price you pay.

[@darrenporter1850]

@@nicokilla11 Sorry, then it's corruption. '300k doesn't get you much'. .. yes exactly why this is so wrong. I know wages, I know time to make the app, and I know for a fact how much the app should cost. It's like being charged for a $1000 sandwich and someone like you saying, 'yeah well, $200 doesn't get you a sandwich today'. Sorry, it's corruption.

[@ryancampbell4445]

@@darrenporter1850 it's like paying someone 800 dollars to find you a 200 dollar sandwich.. lol

[@Rachidasister]

Throwing money through the windows of the $6000/night hotel

[@JAKASHA420]

Money laundering.

[@adammoke8949]

Anthony housefather trying to justify the ridiculous cost, however he shows how incompetent the government is.

[@landsea7332]

Anthony Housefather is the person who closed down the SNC inquiry . This scum bag is complicit in Trudeau's corruption . .

[@derek89273]

This happens all the time with Ottawa unfortunately. Contract management is a lost art. Ex Brit, sole sourced contract, no overhead and tax deductions because they work from home. Legalized theft.

[@fredpennerfringe]

Basically this guy is the fall guy for if this very situation arises where people question how much was spent….. so it’s not connected directly to Trudeau

[@richierich440007]

Correct NOR the CCP / WEF / WHO for now….

[@hishigherness8472]

Bingo 🖐️

[@glandhound]

This is the guy who the public will blame... and this is probably as far it will get because the public is easily satiated. Calling him the fall guy is a perfect example how easy it is to dupe the public.

[@mohammadkamran5862]

If only the rest of the sheep actually saw things the same way. They might actually see how much they’re getting fucked by Trudeau. 🤦‍♂️

[@ralex3697]

​@@glandhound He's a slimy snake

[@alonzoderas]

Thank you for posting this video and the transparency it provides.

[@Tina-bs2ot]

This isn't going any where like the WE scandal! It's all for show. It's time this government stop b.s ing Canadians! It's depressing what thus government is doing to this country and its people.Abuse in every aspect!

[@zesteecheeze]

Is it just me, or did Anthony Housefather coach him on every question with head shakes/nods?

[@markmclean4144]

Absolutely...🇨🇦😎

[@bccpa651]

Totally! Who is this Housefather?

[@pamsavage3517]

100%

[@Cazador60140]

You mean like ' Bubble Heading '

[@ryanc643]

@@bccpa651 a liberal, we know that much

[@ivetaandjarocebak8575]

Government contact them in 2019?????Did they knew that arrivecan is need it?

[@thawrysh]

GC worked for the CDN government since 2019 on other projects. They were contacted in 2020. The ArriveCan app was used 2020 - 2022.

[@lunaflamed]

SSHHHH!!!

[@pixxz4737]

So this guy found people to make an app that failed and got paid millions of our money.

[@ozmd]

Yeah, 9 million is quite reasonable if we are saying your company was on the look out for programmers with no prior experience, have probably not been part of any projects and were then given this opportunity to add to their resume, they definitely seem to have taken their time in learning a new programming language in these two years :)

[@RISINGDRAGON557]

Exactly. I give you My email. Brainstorm few ideas and we ask 10 million dollars for our super duper idea 😜

[@littlebear6496]

@@RISINGDRAGON557 LOL, while tons of canadian software dev are still looking for jobs flipping burgers.

[@micvancouver2317]

0p

[@morganfreeman5972]

They billed $9M in two years. According to him they took 30% of that as profit so that's $2.7M. The remaining money went to pay contractors. He said they had about 30 people working on it at the most. So...$7.8M / 30 = $260K/yr per developer. I highly doubt they paid that much to developers and that's assuming they had 30 for the full 2 years...which they didn't. The guy is a liar and they made WAY more than 30% profit. More like 100%. Scammers.

[@markeves8949]

I'm glad he thinks the $9 million they charged was good value lol

[@seahorse2]

I am disgusted. By what has gone on in Canada. Vote Pierre P.

[@eucmike]

9 million dollars to recruit the programmers?! Are you kidding me?

[@Nicky-mj3fq]

He said he billed the Government of Canada $44 million - but only $9 million related to ArriveCAN. Not bad for a 2 person company - and only for one customer, Government of Canada. WOW!

[@markeves8949]

@@eucmike Trudeau billed Taxpayers 12 thousand dollars in luxury groceries in ONE MONTH, so why on earth would his government either understand or respect money especially when it's not theirs

[@Alan-oc5ii]

It looks like a huge $45 million was paid out over 2 years, and they got to add 20% which is $9 million = $54 million. Seems the 2 person company wanted to keep inflating this as much as possible as they were allowed to keep adding on 20% (9 million) for themselves for the recruiting, just for this one app. Plus for other recruiting for the Liberal federal gov't.

[@idagreenwood6571]

Anthony Housefather does a lot of head shaking and nodding in affirmation of the questions that he is asking and the answers that he is seeking. Interesting!

[@pugmahone9439]

The government has thousands of IT people so surely they could create a simple app In-house , app development is not that difficult , it’s hard to believe that the Canadian government has to outsource costing huge amounts of tax payers money .

[@whosle]

You want more government employees? Corporate sweetheart deals are better because you can meet up at a bar later for some beers and envelopes under the table. What you said is true however. Hobbyist programmers and open source projects far outpace any government created IT infrastructure and software.

[@eddycurrents8073]

Sounds like you're against the efficiency of the private sector. You sound like a communist

[@whosle]

@@eddycurrents8073 not at all! Profit is my motive! I can provide a much better service for a marginally higher price than those schmucks. Those guys have no idea what they’re doing anyhow. Another’s incompetence is my fortune!

[@lynnmacleod5005]

I get what your saying,,,but,,you have to realize that the privacy commissioner would be overseeing government IT employees,,,,when it come to outside firms, it take a complaint like this to bring the truth to the table

[@lerussenoir1]

Easier to hide the $$ with external contract

[@canadiangirl1204]

Pierre Poilievre for Prime Minister 💙 🇨🇦

[@MsSkilledgamer]

l'd like to see how they built the site cause l got a 15 yr old js....there's no way in hell it takes the amount that what was given to build a functional site. l call b.s how many mouths could have been fed or housed this is a dam shame.

[@ronpeer7975]

There was no competition for a 9 million dollar contract. Wow that smells rights there.

[@Timberland1963]

I hope nobody is getting paid for the time they spend doing this. A good accountant could sort this out and let them know what money went where. Any way you look at it was 54 million spent on something that was not needed and was a tracking app that was used to see where people went and not just keep their information about vaccination status.

[@monikins7209]

They could have just paid Tim Hortons for their app. Canadians are chattel to be tracked and traced.

[@jburton1980]

Smart Health Cards are open source and already had a framework. This is a weekend job.

[@whiskeytango9769]

Watch Housefather when he asks questions. When he wants a "No", he shakes his head while asking the question, and he nods when he wants a "yes".

[@fredpennerfringe]

This is pretty common actually, it’s a way of coaching someone you haven’t prepped ahead of time.

[@guyh.4121]

It’s because he’s a Liberal and leads the witness to the spot where it gives the impression that everything is above board when it obviously “Isn’t”.

[@Sydkik]

What ever happened to govt tenders for major expenses. Seems.this liberal govt picks.and chooses.

[@MassiveCarbonFootprint]

Finally a molecule of accountability

[@CannonFodder873]

It's weird how the next door neighbour's 12 year old kid could have designed the very same app in 2 days with a proper amount of Monster Energy Drink and occasional "Call of Duty" breaks.

[@joannafreedom7111]

Tells us you're a corrupted government without telling us you're a corrupted government.

[@danak8782]

👍

[@debbiehanisch2099]

Housefather the blame for this goes to the top. Perfect

[@mikes7423]

It's theft. They may not be charged with said crime, but it's still theft; any moral perspective on the matter would agree that it's theft.

[@MADRID02292009]

I love how we’re all pretending that $9M to help find a few programmers is a fair amount of money. And we’ll spent by our government.

[@elizamaynes7243]

As soon as a real question is asked its time to move on because theres no time left 🤣 what a strange coincidence

[@mohammadkamran5862]

Yea. I found that frustrating as well. He keeps interrupting them when they start poking too much. Wtf. 🤔

[@tocarules]

You elect a gov that pontificates they are the "team" you should hand your tax dollars to. In reality they too are just middle men that outsource to those that outsource. BEST QUESTION. "Do you see any issues with the clone app?". Govt. "Sorry, we are out of time", so move along taxpayers.

[@tomsalken8925]

Is it possible that Margret Trudeau was paid a consulting fee?

[@HamenoZvavo]

The auditor general states, there was no proper consideration for fiscal responsibility. Our nation is gradually descending into chaos.

[@dennisrphymurphy7929]

Thank you for delivering that message. If previous Liberal voters see this, and still vote for these crooks again, then they are beyond any reasoning. And for Liberal supporters with kids and grandkids, you will embarrass yourselves if they happen to see this video.

[@jeffda1164]

Anyone know the date this guy was first approached to start recruiting coders to build the AC APP?

[@maryw9841]

May God bless all the honesty-seekers, no matter they are believers or not yet!

[@tianafrancis9827]

Right at the end he advises the money his company got was TAX FREE. Why? it is income.

[@jonnyboy2128]

Has anyone wondered if the company made a “ significant donation” to the Liberal Party after getting the contract? I suspect it is a well tried fundraising strategy of the Liberal Party, especially under Trudeau. Food for thought.

[@jdhogg257]

Bingo.You probably nailed it

[@lorrainelowe3474]

Or donations to the Trudreau fondation.

[@colbiecolbie6979]

I want that job.

[@dellareese2169]

2015- 2020 , we need to train our own. We have very smart Canadians here.

[@ronaldmarcks1842]

It's awesome that this Firth guy is not in jail for fraud.

[@brokenspell4851]

What we don’t know is how connected to Justin and butz he might be. Same as the we scandle. Old friends from private school?

[@dy6682]

There is a whole lot of corrupt politicians out there . ( Incompetent as well).

[@jodiehart8491]

WE NEED A NEW PARTY ONE THAT UNIFIES OUR COUNTRY, ONE THAT CARES ABOUT OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS!

[@happyinfidel1]

So they have been working on this for 2 years?.. Isn't that before the covid surfaced?

[@thawrysh]

They worked on the app during covid including providing 152 updates the two years.

[@happyinfidel1]

@@thawrysh he said 2019..

[@Cazador60140]

THis is what governments do they plan ahead

[@michaelcharbonneau2496]

Holly shit 4.5 million for finding people where can I get that job sounds crazy to me

[@derek89273]

Pay a fee and register a business and away you go. These guys are brilliant, they soaked us for millions.

[@jmin15]

That sum includes paying the coders.

[@littlebear6496]

@@jmin15 bro, coders are cheap, co-op students are everywhere and needed a job.

[@littlebear6496]

@@jmin15 much better, 80k for proof of concept is ok, Looks like majority of the cost goes to human call center agent and tech support. But still 15% to 30% cut for 2 hr dude seems a bit too cozy to me, that's 1 mil - 2 mil /yr salary, most CEO in canada don't get paid that much.

[@beablessingtoall]

This is just crazy I cant even believe this is happening in Canada

[@bobcarlsson4]

The simple AC app could've been built before morning coffee!

[@adammoke8949]

The only reason it cost that much is: he is friends with the government or the government has no idea how much things cost. Another company made the same app for less than a Million.

[@TominoK78]

Jail them all!

[@akashaofthenile6077]

didn't the total for arrive can cost 54 million? If so what happened to the rest of the money?

[@chrispoirier39]

Why was this being worked on 3 years ago ? Is my math or hearing wrong ?

[@vaneskak1579]

That’s a great question!like wow! This should be a huge story world wide,but I doubt we will hear anything about it from msm…

[@rhomacity]

So the Actual app cozt between 1.3 Million and 2.7 million. dollars. And the rest went to the Lie beral party coffers.

[@kyleleblancvlogs3820]

Like explaining quantum mechanics to pre schoolers. Please elect a computer scientist so we can have someone who understands these concepts. Or anyone with IT knowledge Holy crap

[@matt1720]

I am a software engineer of 25 years, and my team could have built this thing for far less than $1M in about 6 months. This is dripping with fraud.

[@kyleleblancvlogs3820]

@@matt1720 okay. I'm a full stack engineer to. So maybe you'd like to talk. Because engineers are expensive, backend for the software was complex. And from my understanding they needed additional measures for backend integration etc because it's for the government. Yeah sure may have been able to be done cheaper. But $1m now I know you're either lying, or being dishonest. 20 engineers at 100,000$per year is over 2 million dollars in labor alone. So stop it... just stop.

[@rickschritt1616]

@@kyleleblancvlogs3820 Ok Lefty sheeple troll ! 🤑

[@nathanchandler18]

This guy has charged 42 million to the government in 2 years, he said industry standard is 15 to 30%. Industry standard is not 30% and if it is you’re charging customers WAAAAY too much. He would have made at most 14.4 million dollars or least 6.3 million in 2 years working from home because I doubt he’s ever lost any money in this career with the government if he stated the least he’s made is 15. There has to be something stinky going on here. Law is a VERY finicky thing based on she said he said. He said 30 because that was his best and 15 cause it was his worst, he never said he’s lost money on a job or cut a deal for the work they’ve done.

[@paulahickman7924]

@@matt1720 me too. I worked on software engineering all my life. What we are talking about here is not even a complex implementation. It is a database application, yes very large in scale, but highly predictable. I worked on systems that acquired real time data and had to react accordingly. Much more unpredictable. I just find it absolutely laughable that the government spent this incredible amount of money on this.

[@Fenick584]

9 million to hire the team to actually do the work and maintain the team

[@politicalfoolishness7491]

He should ask direct questions about potential kickbacks including "services" to 3rd party companies. Let's get to the meat of the matter.

[@AndreInThe416]

This aspect alone explains everything.

[@tomsalken8925]

The Liberal lawyer sure knows how to lead the questions.

[@Cazador60140]

Bible says ' Thou shall not lead

[@bmw328igearhead]

Bible also stipulates to not be a C U Next Thursday.... yet people still do it...

[@rickmorrison7535]

Completely outrageous! GC should be made to pay back Canadians. This is absolutely insane!!!

[@mkumarthephrophet8533]

This app never recognized that I was uploading blank sheets of paper to see if anyone actually read the vaccinations cards. My last trip from Orlando to Halifax, no one took the time to check. It was only a restaurant that we had to prove we were vaccinated. And that was "The Mother's Web" in Antigonish.

[@vaneskak1579]

Did I hear correctly that they had been working on arrivecan since 2019? It took 2 years????

[@lars309]

Is it just me or is this *Deja vu with the WE Foundation* ?

[@lisacritchley3362]

I love the stickers on the coordinators lap top

[@Cazador60140]

I see you are really interested in the debate

[@peterharoon6016]

This guy had more answers than any liberal in house. Worth over 10 years of answers.

[@mextom783]

Where is the rest of the video?

[@maureenmckenzie7364]

We’re not talking about the work on the App (‘for marketing purposes’) B4 the pandemic (2019), yet, the $9M is, admittedly, the price paid to this middle man for staffing IT design engineers for the ArriveCan App. Hmmm🤫🇨🇦

[@norwoodcooper3929]

do they have a bond because of the information they will see while development of that APP ., if they are not then both the government & them can be charged , because ANY personal information, going to a none bonded company is against the law .

[@lorrainelowe3474]

That would also be interesting to know.

[@mack7170]

Watch his head movements

[@carollehince8472]

So much it’s tired of the Trudeau and government lies

[@PatelandKhan]

Why did the first lawyer get cut off right as he was getting to the incriminating questions 🤨

[@bmw328igearhead]

You answered your own question dude...

[@marcjolin8335]

Like they say its who you know!!! Who did he know. Dig deep here Canadian's and the world at large would love to know

[@HH-pv9ex]

Unbelievable...this is the stuff of Hollywood movies 🎬

[@holhydro]

As someone who also has an it team. This app would not cost me.. personally no more than 3500 per month! I find this robbery is next level!

[@dylankrank]

Why does Firth respond in the way Housefather nods his head? Interesting.

[@stevemiller4817]

Anyone notice that whenever Housefeather asked a question, he nodded or shook his head with the question? Looks to me like he was providing the answer he wanted to the person under questioning.

[@bmw328igearhead]

Liberal politics at its finest.

[@philipsdeb]

Too many cooks....bad soup

[@JulianSloman]

I enjoyed the vid - was surprised to see 27 upvotes - but then it was only posted an hour ish ago

[@AmazedNik]

Why are these people questioning being so apologetic 🤔

[@diablo416]

They are almost afraid to ask questions. Maybe this is why corruption continue.

[@morganmcquiggan9497]

Imagine stealing 1.2 million dollars and getting away with it.

[@garymccror1969]

So is how Justin made 390 million in 2 years a bit off the top of each transaction just like city of mtl with brown envelope larger scale lol

[@marcgatto9675]

Housefather is sooooo slimey.

[@pjfan173]

#Groomer

[@larmar]

Firth said he was threatened. Please Please I can't believe it! Such a nice guy. And his partner is exceptionally great!

[@gwennwright]

Best part: Seeing the stickers on the Chair's laptop

[@chrispoirier39]

How much is Moderna costing to build ? 2 weeks to flatten the curve but let’s build a permanent building just wondering ?

[@susieinkpen1293]

Wow!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ How much of taxpayers money did Trudeau blow?!!

[@rawkout]

where can I watch the whole testimony?