Category: ArriveCAN app

Rights Group Fighting to Continue ArriveCAN Lawsuit Argues App Possibly ‘Not Legally Required’

A constitutional rights group is fighting to keep alive its legal challenge against the federal government’s ArriveCAN mandate, after the government said the issue is moot because the policy requiring mandatory use of the app has since been lifted. In response, the group argued that the lifting of the policy has no bearing on the…


Ultra Low Cost Carrier Takes Top Spot in Complaints Against Airlines: Canadian Transportation Agency

A discount airline tops the grievance list in statistics released Monday by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which rates carriers based on the number of complaints per 100 flights—though details of the complaints were not disclosed when requested. “The complaint data is based on the information submitted by passengers and may not have been reviewed by…


Low-Cost Carrier Takes Top Spot in Complaints Against Airlines: Canadian Transportation Agency

A discount airline tops the grievance list in statistics released Monday by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which rates carriers based on the number of complaints per 100 flights—though details of the complaints were not disclosed when requested. “The complaint data is based on the information submitted by passengers and may not have been reviewed by…


Two Canadian Tech Companies Are Recreating ArriveCan to Show It Can be Done Much Cheaper Than $54 Million

Two Canadian technology companies have attempted to recreate the ArriveCan app over the thanksgiving long weekend in a bid to show that the federal government didn’t have to spend a reported $54 million on the border-crossing app. TribalScale and Lazer Technologies, tech firms that specialize in building apps and other software for corporate clients, each announced their…


House Committee Hears Impacts of ArriveCan App on Canadian Industries

Mandatory use of the ArriveCan mobile app for travellers during the pandemic increased burdens on Canada’s border officers and discouraged tourism while causing significant losses to businesses, several witnesses told a parliamentary committee studying the matter. “During COVID, we lost two tourism years. And unfortunately, we lost another tourism year this year. Two years we…


ArriveCan App Cost $19.8 Million to Develop: Federal Records

Federal records show that the Liberal government’s ArriveCan app cost almost $20 million to develop. The expenses were disclosed in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the Commons by Tory MP Chris Warkentin, asking “how much money did the government spend developing the application?” “$19,783,494,” said the Canada Border Services Agency in its response to…


Michael Taube: Canada’s Border Restrictions Are Finally Ending, and Polievre Deserves Some Credit

Commentary Canada has been one of the world’s leading countries in terms of vaccinating its population. According to the Public Health Agency’s data (up to Sept. 16), 85.41 percent of Canadians have received at least one primary dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 82.08 percent have received both primary doses. Nevertheless, Canada has been one…


Michael Taube: Canada’s Border Restrictions Are Finally Ending, and Poilievre Deserves Some Credit

Commentary Canada has been one of the world’s leading countries in terms of vaccinating its population. According to the Public Health Agency’s data (up to Sept. 16), 85.41 percent of Canadians have received at least one primary dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 82.08 percent have received both primary doses. Nevertheless, Canada has been one…


‘About Political Control’: Alberta Cabinet Minister on ArriveCan and Border Vaccine Requirements

An Alberta cabinet minister says the federal government’s vaccine requirements at the border and use of the ArriveCan app are not based on science, but rather on political opportunism. “It never was about science but about political control and power,” said Alberta’s Labour and Immigration Minister Kaycee Madu in a Twitter post on Sept. 20….


ArriveCAN Receipts, Vaccination Mandatory for Runners in Windsor-Detroit Marathon

Competitors taking part in a Canada-U.S. marathon next month will need vaccination documents and ArriveCan receipts, as the requirement to use the ArriveCAN app remains in place for travellers entering Canada. Organizers of the Detroit Free Press Marathon announced earlier this week that those set to participate in the Oct. 16 race must complete the ArriveCAN process…