OTTAWA — A company that worked on the ArriveCan app is defending its integrity and asserts steps were taken to address conflict-of-interest concerns related to its founder, who recently went to work for the Department of National Defence.
Dalian Enterprises Inc. said David Yeo made the appropriate conflict-of-interest filing, resigned as a director and officer and put his company shares in a blind trust since its main customer is the government of Canada.
It's the first time the company has publicly responded after CTV News reported last month on Yeo's employment status and Dalian's previous work on ArriveCan. The government paid the company $7.9 million as part of the app's nearly $60-million overall cost. When he began working for the government in September, the company's work for ArriveCan had long since concluded, the spokesperson said.
He was recently invited to speak to the committee again, after the department announced its investigation.
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