I never worked on ArriveCAN. I never worked for the Canada Border Services Agency. Yet in March 2024, my nearly twenty-year working relationship with another federal organization ended after the consulting firm through which I was subcontracted became caught in the government’s response to the ArriveCAN controversy.

I was later brought back twice through short-term appointments to continue and repair work that still needed to be completed. By then, however, the cancellation had already affected my career, finances, retirement plans and personal life.

This first-person account examines what can happen when a government responds broadly to a public scandal without adequately distinguishing between the people involved and those performing unrelated work. It also asks a question that has received little public attention: how many contractors and subcontractors who never worked on ArriveCAN were nevertheless caught in the same net?

I Never Worked on ArriveCAN

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