The article mentions cost overruns on the ArriveCAN app, which was required for border crossings into Canada from about 2020 to 2022. The app originally aided i

The article mentions cost overruns on the ArriveCAN app, which was required for border crossings into Canada from about 2020 to 2022. The app originally aided in pandemic screening and was well-made overall being easy and fast to use. But it also felt somewhat like a solution in search of a problem: More than once I heard Canadian border crossing agents question how helpful the app actually was and its use was quietly made optional last year.