Canada Global(Web News)The CEO of Dalian Enterprises, who was paid $7·9 million for his work by partner company Arivcan, has been found to be an employee of the Department of National Defense (DND). Defense Minister Anita Anand expressed surprise.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill on Thursday, the President of the Treasury Board said that he was not aware of this and was very surprised to learn about it. According to reports, the employee concerned, David Yeo, has been suspended and DND’s contract with Dalian is also being suspended. The DND also said that an internal inquiry would be conducted in this regard.
Reporters also asked Anand if awarding contracts to government employees was a common government practice, Anand said there were rules to avoid conflict of interest, he said, adding that whoever tried to take advantage in the meantime Strict action will be taken against him. The era of the Covid-19 pandemic. Reacting to this, conservative leader Pierre Polivore said Yeo should be fired immediately. Meanwhile, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said that we had already expressed our objection to awarding the contract to a private company for the Arrivecan app, but the Liberals did not listen to us. At the time, Defense Secretary Bill Blair said that as soon as he was informed that the CEO of Dalian was an employee of DND, all contracts with the company were suspended and the employee concerned was also suspended. He also said that the matter will be fully investigated.