In facilitating the flow of legitimate travellers and trade, the border service officers I've had the opportunity to interact with as a member of the travelling public.... It's always stressful at airports, but I frequently have the opportunity to interact with them in their professional capacity when I'm crossing at land borders at Prescott and in Thousand Islands at the Lansdowne port of entry in my community. There's outstanding professionalism.
Because I speak with them—they're members of my community and they're my neighbours—I know that it's a stressful job, and the job has not been made easier by this $60-million arrive scam app.
When I crossed into the United States, the questions on COVID-19 weren't “Have you completed the ArriveCAN app or its equivalent?” and “Are you vaccinated for COVID-19?” However, the process whereby they would detect deception or interdict firearms if they believed they were there was to ask, “Are there any firearms in the vehicle?” That would occur.
Why is it that the government believed your officers couldn't be trusted to use their training and techniques to determine whether someone was being deceptive about having been vaccinated, and instead spent $60 million on an app into which they could scan the documents?