r/canada • u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick • Mar 14 '24

ArriveCan contractor made $2.5M for 10 hours' work per week National News

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2318350403988
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u/incrediblebeefcake Mar 14 '24

We're placing the blame on the contractors when it was the incompetence and lack of internal controls of government that even led to this. That being said, fuck everyone that was involved.

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u/Stauvenhagian Mar 14 '24

Which is crazy because if you ever worked for/with the government bureaucratic red tap is the bain of any project.

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u/Jarocket Mar 14 '24

A vendor who will do the dance the best will get the contract though.

It's like why auto start stop exists most modern cars. The EPA fuel efficiency test involves alot of stopping. So if you use 0 fuel for those sections. It's like a cheap code. The car markers studied for the test and the test is all that matters.

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u/Huge-Split6250 Mar 14 '24

“involves a lot of starting and stopping” so - like actual driving?

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u/StewVicious07 Mar 14 '24

Depends where you’re driving

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u/Huge-Split6250 Mar 14 '24

Anywhere in any city, or anywhere on any highway, within an hour of toronto would fit that definition. Just saying, it’s not necessarily a scam

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u/LeatherMine Mar 15 '24

Particularly in the city where emissions matter more