New Democrat MP Brian Masse is calling on parliamentarians to “speak up” against the continued use of ArriveCan at Canadian borders, saying the app will “destroy” the country’s tourism sector.
Launched by the federal government in November 2020, the ArriveCan app was created as a COVID-19 screening measure that ensures arrivals are vaccinated, as well as facilitating contact tracing.
Masse, who represents the riding of Windsor West in Ontario, alleges that the app does not provide Canadians the protection it claims, but rather serves to “track” travellers.
“I always fight for safety 1st, #ArrivCan is not that. It’s being used as a back door to permanently track all border crossing,” he said in a July 24 Twitter post….