Company related to ArriveCAN | Dalian comes to its leader's defense

(Ottawa) Dalian Enterprise Inc. Its chairman and founder, David Yeo, has not received double pay from the government as an employee and contractor, according to the firm, which has won huge contracts. VisitCAN. He came to her defense in a statement to the media. Mr Yeo was suspended from his civil service last week, pending an internal investigation.

“By the end of September 2023, after Dalian completes all work on the ArriveCan application, Mr. Yeo's professional relationship changed from IT Professional Services Consultant to IT Professional Services Consultant. “Employee,” says the company.

The email statement was not signed and a Dalian spokesman declined to be identified Pres He asked to whom to tell it. The company said Mr Yeo would not grant any interviews at this time.

Another news related to the financial failure is the suspension of an officialVisitCAN A bomb hit Parliament Hill last week. The chairman of the Treasury Board, Anita Anand, confirmed that she was “certainly unaware” that one of the contractors developing the application was a civil servant in her former department. “In my opinion, it's not normal, it's not right,” he said.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, Mr. He called for Yeo's immediate dismissal and a comprehensive investigation into how government contracts were awarded.

Mr. Dalian points out that Yeo stopped working for Dalian in 2023 and that he entered into a “confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-access agreement” with the company he founded and agreed to refrain from “participating in any project, contract, undertaking or undertaking directly or indirectly related to the Department of National Defense or any body of the Government of Canada.” Other Activities. »

“Since becoming an employee of the Ministry of National Defense, Mr. Yeo has honored this agreement, has had no involvement in Dalian's management or operations, and has not had access to any of Dalian's confidential information,” the company said.

He indicated that he had made a conflict of interest declaration to the Ministry of National Defense, resigned as a director and manager of Dalian, and placed his company shares in a blind trust.

During his testimony to the Government Operations Committee in October 2023, about his role in developmentVisitCAN, Mr. Yeo still ran for the Dalian presidency. He did not mention his new position as a civilian employee in national security or the steps taken to avoid any conflict of interest.

Dalian received 8 million contracts VisitCANAccording to the Auditor General's damning report, the cost of the application is high.

Dalian's security clearance was suspended until further notice last week by the Ministry of Public Services and Provision after learning of Mr Yeo's plagiarism. This means that the company completely withdraws itself from the contract awarding process. The suspension also affects a joint venture with Coradix Technology Consulting to secure contracts reserved for tribal people. Mr. Eo is a member of Alderville First Nation in Ontario.

Dalian notes in his report that a recent audit initiated by the Ministry of Domestic Services confirmed that the company meets the criteria of the Domestic Business Procurement Strategy.

He served 14 years in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1987 to 2001 and ten years in the Reserves from 2001 to 2011. He reviews Yeo's work. These dates do not coincide with the dates given by the Ministry of Defence. Not with his testimony in a parliamentary committee. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 29 years from 1987 to 2016, according to the department.

“During my 36-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, deployed to Afghanistan and the Middle East, I was required to demonstrate the highest level of integrity, and of course, I still conduct myself this way today,” Mr. Yeo told elected officials in October.

The Dalian report described him as a tactical security specialist, citing his deployments to Cyprus and Afghanistan. “From August to November 2010, Mr. Yeo was deployed to Afghanistan as a contractor for the Department of National Defense to provide high-assurance security capability for forward-deployment sites. His team received commendations from the commander for their work,” the company underscored.

He founded Dalian in 2002, a hardware, software and cyber security company with the Government of Canada as its main client.

Not mentioned in the report Mr. in tax havens. Two companies opened by Yo.