What is GC Strategies? A closer look at the company linked to the ArriveCan controversy

GC Strategies, the largest contractor to work on the ArriveCan app project, is facing heightened scrutiny after the auditor general cited excessive reliance on contractors as a major factor contributing to the project’s ballooning costs.

After releasing her report on the controversial project, Auditor General Karen Hogan told MPs on the House public accounts committee that the government “paid too much” for the app.

Hogan estimates the project cost at roughly $59.5 million. She also noted in her report that the total cost is “impossible to determine” due to poor financial record-keeping.

Here’s what we know about the company embroiled in the ArriveCan controversy.

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