© Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press A person holds a smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app in Toronto on June 29, 2022. A senior government source told CBC News earlier this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed off on a decision to end pandemic border measures and to make the use of the ArriveCAN app optional rather than mandatory. With the government set to make the app optional, here's a breakdown of what ArriveCAN was built to do, why it's so contentious and what possible uses it might have in the future. In response to a House of Commons order paper question, the government said it has spent over $17 million on the ArriveCAN app. As travel started to reach pre-pandemic levels this summer, the ArriveCAN app began to face some heavy scrutiny.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2022 11:00 UTC