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(Ottawa) The Ministry of Public Services and Procurement has turned over information about GC tactics to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as it conducts its own investigation into allegations surrounding the company at the center of its financial failure.VisitCAN. The company has lost its government security clearance and is therefore excluded from all federal contracts.

The fact that GC Strategies participated in formulating the criteria for the tender, which it won without any competition, raised a red flag.

The information was revealed a few weeks ago in the auditor general's damning report on the price explosion of this app used at Canadian airports during the pandemic. The first version cost $80,000, but the project cost taxpayers nearly $60 million.

“Sufficient evidence was found to establish that one of the senior managers of GC Strategies did not comply with the contract security plan,” Assistant Deputy Minister of the Public Services and Procurement Ministry's Directorate General of Supervision said on Thursday.

A company with just two shareholders has won the largest share of contracts awarded by the Border Services Agency (CBSA). VisitCANor 19.1 million as per the Auditor General's estimate.

The RCMP have already launched an investigation after the CBSA provided the information following its own internal investigation. Two officers, Cameron MacDonald and Antonio Utano, were suspended. They believe they are victims of revenge.

Senior PSPC officials gave evidence to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, which is trying to shed light on spending irregularities.VisitCAN.

The decision to revoke a company's security clearance is “not taken lightly,” said Dominique Laporte, assistant deputy minister of the PSPC's procurement program branch. In the case of GC Strategies, it was the “combination of allegations of non-compliance” and the result of an internal investigation that pushed the department to take action.

Dalian Enterprises Inc., which received 8 million VisitCANThe second largest fund also lost its security clearance last week after the government found that its chairman and founder, David Yeo, was working as a full-time civil servant and consultant.

“It's a very unusual situation,” admitted PSPC Deputy Minister Arian Reza. He added that he called the RCMP Commissioner and took immediate action when he came to know about it. In the past year, only five public servants were dismissed for breaching the Public Sector Values ​​and Code of Conduct.

While examining the situation of the Ministry, Mr. Yeo was also suspended from National Security Service. M^me Reza said civil servants should disclose conflicts of interest to their superiors.

Pres It was revealed last week that he had been holding accounts in tax havens since 2011. His company, Dalian, is subject to audit because it is listed in the federal government's directory of Aboriginal businesses as a joint venture with Coredix Technology Consulting. Mr. Eo is a member of Alderville First Nation in Ontario. A portion of the offices previously occupied by Dalian Enterprises in downtown Ottawa is up for sale.