They did the exactly same thing just before the Vancouver Olympics. Sesh how gullible do they think we are ?
It's not easy to justify a billion dollars for a few days security, these security costs are a massive money grab by connected people, I'm convinced some huge money is being transferred from the taxpayer to fund the RCMP ? and line alot of pockets along the way.
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“My understanding is that the RCMP has a long-standing relationship with this company,” she said. “So they secured them and we found out about it after the fact. It’s an inconvenience.”
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The company is based in Salt Lake City, with an office in Vancouver, and won the contract after a federal “letter of interest” was posted in March announcing the government’s intention to secure a contractor to provide airport-style security at checkpoints.
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The letter of interest was posted on March 31 and taken down on April 6. Mr. Carson said it usually takes weeks to answer the questions raised in such requests for proposal.
“The timeline is laughable,” he said. “It just doesn’t pass the sniff test.”
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