GC Strategies testifies about $9M ArriveCan contract

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  • 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
    @DavidMcCalister ปีที่แล้ว +816

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

    • @fredpennerfringe
      @fredpennerfringe ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @abrahamthebewildered1448
      @abrahamthebewildered1448 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @andrelevesque2212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/L-5SR2m9LtM/w-d-xo.html

    • @rickschritt1616
      @rickschritt1616 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @papitochulo7092
      @papitochulo7092 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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
    @topayo ปีที่แล้ว +324

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

    • @randyf1876
      @randyf1876 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Pierre Poilievre for PM

    • @user-ug4vg2qf3h
      @user-ug4vg2qf3h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank God for doing his job....

    • @keithstone790
      @keithstone790 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is truly crazy.

    • @FroddyPlay
      @FroddyPlay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @pap3rlane
      @pap3rlane 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      HOW IS THE MAN NOT IN JAIL

  • @joelzinho4600
    @joelzinho4600 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    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
      @cyizamwana2135 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      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
      @chrissynunia3308 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @bridecolbourne1305 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @Pelvicks
      @Pelvicks ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @joeypaige
      @joeypaige ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @MollyMarine
    @MollyMarine ปีที่แล้ว +457

    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
      @louismeloche3857 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @derek89273
      @derek89273 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @CX-ru1ql
      @CX-ru1ql ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @nospamman4443
      @nospamman4443 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @batsbattlefield ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Gatekeeper"

  • @bena.282
    @bena.282 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    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
      @ItsKyleMang ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why are you making the goverment sound like the victim?

    • @dokopal
      @dokopal ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @ItsKyleMang ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @soving
      @soving ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @jaymeyer9713 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @frankhuxter8472
    @frankhuxter8472 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    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
      @dimitriosotis8632 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @kis.stupid
      @kis.stupid 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @Cazador60140 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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
      @DAZY-CALI หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 😅

  • @ryanhorner1675
    @ryanhorner1675 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    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
      @insaniac82 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The 9 million dollars includes paying the programmers

    • @eazyb7974
      @eazyb7974 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @insaniac82
      @insaniac82 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @haotj ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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
      @eyeswideopen67 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @youtrickube1475
    @youtrickube1475 ปีที่แล้ว +165

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

    • @troyzieman7177
      @troyzieman7177 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @youtrickube1475 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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
      @troyzieman7177 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 TH-cam video . Now you are a certified expert on world affairs. I would guess you are also a TH-cam doctor. Vaccines are a conspiracy.
      A half wit with a TH-cam account

    • @youtrickube1475
      @youtrickube1475 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @troyzieman7177
      @troyzieman7177 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jasonrolling9338
    @jasonrolling9338 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

  • @HoofHearted801
    @HoofHearted801 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    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
      @mohammadkamran5862 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @susanwood2115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen

    • @carla89cc
      @carla89cc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EXACTLY!!

    • @tomsnow2872
      @tomsnow2872 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @landsea7332
      @landsea7332 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      " 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 .
      .

  • @eggman6995
    @eggman6995 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    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
    @jacobwood7083 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

  • @WhistleMaster
    @WhistleMaster ปีที่แล้ว +163

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

    • @Rachidasister
      @Rachidasister ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Absolutely! TrudeauMustGo!

    • @rangerjjj
      @rangerjjj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @done536 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

    • @thamomentum
      @thamomentum 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION

    • @WhistleMaster
      @WhistleMaster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @gaojun73
    @gaojun73 ปีที่แล้ว +227

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

    • @iBoatLaunch
      @iBoatLaunch ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent Service in this context is code for Trudeau corruption.

    • @iamjocanadian
      @iamjocanadian ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And $3m commission....

    • @RISINGDRAGON557
      @RISINGDRAGON557 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @brokenspell4851
      @brokenspell4851 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @JasonOwlbright
      @JasonOwlbright ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @splendiferous.p.laptypus
    @splendiferous.p.laptypus ปีที่แล้ว +42

    $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.

  • @richibucto1
    @richibucto1 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    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
      @lionheart7431 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @haotj
      @haotj ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @unknownname8591 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @susanwood2115
      @susanwood2115 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @MrGchiasson ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alonzoderas
    @alonzoderas ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @adammoke8949
    @adammoke8949 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @landsea7332
      @landsea7332 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lynnmacleod5005
    @lynnmacleod5005 ปีที่แล้ว +118

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

    • @derek89273
      @derek89273 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @dokopal ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @derek89273
      @derek89273 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dokopal agreed and it happens way too often.

    • @lynnmacleod5005
      @lynnmacleod5005 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @tamaramackay3008 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dokopal crooks

  • @bigfose1
    @bigfose1 ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

    • @julieleduc631
      @julieleduc631 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @julieleduc631 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @MetaliCanuck
      @MetaliCanuck ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @rickschritt1616
      @rickschritt1616 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @reppy0757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
    @brophmantube ปีที่แล้ว +141

    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
      @nicokilla11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @darrenporter1850 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@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
      @ryancampbell4445 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Rachidasister
      @Rachidasister ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @JAKASHA420
      @JAKASHA420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Money laundering.

  • @derek89273
    @derek89273 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    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.

  • @Tina-bs2ot
    @Tina-bs2ot ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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!

  • @ozmd
    @ozmd ปีที่แล้ว +56

    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
      @RISINGDRAGON557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @littlebear6496
      @littlebear6496 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @micvancouver2317
      @micvancouver2317 ปีที่แล้ว

      0p

    • @morganfreeman5972
      @morganfreeman5972 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @zesteecheeze
    @zesteecheeze ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @markmclean4144
      @markmclean4144 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely...🇨🇦😎

    • @bccpa651
      @bccpa651 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally! Who is this Housefather?

    • @pamsavage3517
      @pamsavage3517 ปีที่แล้ว

      100%

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean like ' Bubble Heading '

    • @ryanc643
      @ryanc643 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bccpa651 a liberal, we know that much

  • @ivetaandjarocebak8575
    @ivetaandjarocebak8575 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @thawrysh
      @thawrysh ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @lunaflamed
      @lunaflamed ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SSHHHH!!!

  • @canadiangirl1204
    @canadiangirl1204 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Pierre Poilievre for Prime Minister 💙 🇨🇦

  • @idagreenwood6571
    @idagreenwood6571 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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!

  • @Timberland1963
    @Timberland1963 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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
      @monikins7209 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @markeves8949
    @markeves8949 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @seahorse2
      @seahorse2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @eucmike
      @eucmike ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @Nicky-mj3fq
      @Nicky-mj3fq ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @markeves8949 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @Alan-oc5ii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @whiskeytango9769
    @whiskeytango9769 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    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
      @fredpennerfringe ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @guyh.4121
      @guyh.4121 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @Sydkik ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @fredpennerfringe
    @fredpennerfringe ปีที่แล้ว +88

    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
      @richierich440007 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @hishigherness8472
      @hishigherness8472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bingo 🖐️

    • @glandhound
      @glandhound ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @mohammadkamran5862 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @ralex3697 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@glandhound
      He's a slimy snake

  • @MassiveCarbonFootprint
    @MassiveCarbonFootprint ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Finally a molecule of accountability

  • @MsSkilledgamer
    @MsSkilledgamer ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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.

  • @pixxz4737
    @pixxz4737 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

  • @ronpeer7975
    @ronpeer7975 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

  • @tomsalken8925
    @tomsalken8925 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @joannafreedom7111
    @joannafreedom7111 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @mikes7423
    @mikes7423 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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.

  • @dennisrphymurphy7929
    @dennisrphymurphy7929 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @jburton1980
    @jburton1980 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

  • @CannonFodder873
    @CannonFodder873 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    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.

  • @pugmahone9439
    @pugmahone9439 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    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
      @whosle ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @eddycurrents8073 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @whosle
      @whosle ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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
      @lynnmacleod5005 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @lerussenoir1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Easier to hide the $$ with external contract

  • @HamenoZvavo
    @HamenoZvavo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

  • @debbiehanisch2099
    @debbiehanisch2099 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Housefather the blame for this goes to the top. Perfect

  • @MADRID02292009
    @MADRID02292009 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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
    @elizamaynes7243 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @mohammadkamran5862
      @mohammadkamran5862 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @maryw9841
    @maryw9841 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @jeffda1164
    @jeffda1164 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @TominoK78
    @TominoK78 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jail them all!

  • @tianafrancis9827
    @tianafrancis9827 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @tocarules
    @tocarules ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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.

  • @dellareese2169
    @dellareese2169 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jonnyboy2128
    @jonnyboy2128 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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
      @jdhogg257 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bingo.You probably nailed it

    • @lorrainelowe3474
      @lorrainelowe3474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or donations to the Trudreau fondation.

  • @colbiecolbie6979
    @colbiecolbie6979 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I want that job.

  • @ronaldmarcks1842
    @ronaldmarcks1842 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @jodiehart8491
    @jodiehart8491 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @happyinfidel1
    @happyinfidel1 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @thawrysh
      @thawrysh ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @happyinfidel1
      @happyinfidel1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thawrysh he said 2019..

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 ปีที่แล้ว

      THis is what governments do they plan ahead

  • @dy6682
    @dy6682 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @michaelcharbonneau2496
    @michaelcharbonneau2496 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @derek89273
      @derek89273 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jmin15
      @jmin15 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sum includes paying the coders.

    • @littlebear6496
      @littlebear6496 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @littlebear6496
      @littlebear6496 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @brokenspell4851
    @brokenspell4851 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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?

  • @lars309
    @lars309 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @bobcarlsson4
    @bobcarlsson4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @chrispoirier39
    @chrispoirier39 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @vaneskak1579
      @vaneskak1579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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…

  • @rickmorrison7535
    @rickmorrison7535 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @adammoke8949
    @adammoke8949 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

  • @akashaofthenile6077
    @akashaofthenile6077 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @politicalfoolishness7491
    @politicalfoolishness7491 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @vaneskak1579
    @vaneskak1579 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @PatelandKhan
    @PatelandKhan ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @bmw328igearhead
      @bmw328igearhead ปีที่แล้ว

      You answered your own question dude...

  • @beablessingtoall
    @beablessingtoall 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @mextom783
    @mextom783 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where is the rest of the video?

  • @Fenick584
    @Fenick584 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @kyleleblancvlogs3820
    @kyleleblancvlogs3820 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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
      @matt1720 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @kyleleblancvlogs3820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @rickschritt1616 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kyleleblancvlogs3820 Ok Lefty sheeple troll ! 🤑

    • @nathanchandler18
      @nathanchandler18 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @paulahickman7924 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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.

  • @AndreInThe416
    @AndreInThe416 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This aspect alone explains everything.

  • @rhomacity
    @rhomacity ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @mkumarthephrophet8533
    @mkumarthephrophet8533 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @peterharoon6016
    @peterharoon6016 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @holhydro
    @holhydro ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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!

  • @JulianSloman
    @JulianSloman ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @stevemiller4817
    @stevemiller4817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @marcjolin8335
    @marcjolin8335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @tomsalken8925
    @tomsalken8925 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Liberal lawyer sure knows how to lead the questions.

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bible says ' Thou shall not lead

    • @bmw328igearhead
      @bmw328igearhead ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lisacritchley3362
    @lisacritchley3362 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the stickers on the coordinators lap top

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see you are really interested in the debate

  • @dylankrank
    @dylankrank 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @maureenmckenzie7364
    @maureenmckenzie7364 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
    @norwoodcooper3929 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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
      @lorrainelowe3474 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would also be interesting to know.

  • @morganmcquiggan9497
    @morganmcquiggan9497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Imagine stealing 1.2 million dollars and getting away with it.

  • @mack7170
    @mack7170 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Watch his head movements

  • @thevolpster7977
    @thevolpster7977 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why in the holy living mother of ass, is Anthony Housefather asking the questions? He's the guy that literally said that the app saved the lives of many Canadians. What a joke !

  • @marcgatto9675
    @marcgatto9675 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Housefather is sooooo slimey.

    • @pjfan173
      @pjfan173 ปีที่แล้ว

      #Groomer

  • @susieinkpen1293
    @susieinkpen1293 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @rawkout
    @rawkout ปีที่แล้ว

    where can I watch the whole testimony?

  • @gwennwright
    @gwennwright ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @philipsdeb
    @philipsdeb ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Too many cooks....bad soup

  • @bettycooper369
    @bettycooper369 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One BILLION to each province to roll out vax mandate apps. Explain where that taxpayer money went next.

  • @carollehince8472
    @carollehince8472 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @AmazedNik
    @AmazedNik ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why are these people questioning being so apologetic 🤔

    • @diablo416
      @diablo416 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @garymccror1969
    @garymccror1969 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @leonardmacaulay9833
    @leonardmacaulay9833 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why doesn’t the CBC give such coverage after all 1.4 billion a year should at least show some interest in govt activity.