A public service employee who received nearly $8-million dollars to work on the government Arrive Can app to track Canadian travellers’ COVID vaccine status has been suspended amid an investigation into the granting of his contract.

David Yeo, we’ve learned, also ran as a People’s Party of Canada candidate who opposed vaccine mandates.

It’s the latest chapter in the controversy surrounding the governing Trudeau Liberals’ ArriveCan app.

David Yeo’s company is called Dalian Enterprises.

Treasury Board President Minister Anita Anand told reporters she is taking this all in, in disbelief.

“I was extremely surprised to hear that this individual was an employee of the Government of Canada, but as I said, he has since been suspended and we are also seeking to suspend contracts with that company, Dalian,” Anand explained.

Last month, Auditor General Karen Hogan found the federal government “repeatedly failed” to manage the ArriveCan app, drivng up costs from an initial estimate of $80,000 to an approximately $59.5 million dollars.

The RCMP is said to be studying the report to decide if it would pursue an investigation, which the opposition Conservatives continue to call for.