Treasury Board President Anita Anand yesterday said ArriveCan contracts “did not cross my desk” when she was Minister of Public Works responsible for federal contracting. Anand’s remarks came as the Commons outvoted Liberal MPs 170 to 149 for full disclosure of ArriveCan costs: "Did you know about any of this?"

Treasury Board President Anita Anand yesterday promised details “very soon in the coming days” on cuts to spending on consultants. Her remarks followed disclosures that federal managers paid $669,500 to a consultant for advice on how to save money on consultants: "I will show very soon in the coming days the progress we are making."

Defence Minister Anita Anand yesterday said the military will launch a new recruitment campaign for the army, navy and air force. Anand in testimony at the Commons defence committee made no mention of the recent loss of Canadian Armed Forces members due to a vaccine mandate: "We have to make sure we have the right number of people."

Defence Minister Anita Anand’s husband is director of a company that received millions in Covid contracts while Anand served in cabinet, records show. There was no insider dealing, said Anand's office: "We have awarded contracts to private companies."

Public Works Minister Anita Anand personally called a federal contractor in a cabinet colleague’s riding to “speak about your needs,” according to internal emails. Cabinet to date has not disclosed details of the sole-sourced $200,451,621 contract for Covid ventilators that were shipped for storage in an Ottawa warehouse: "I am reaching out to arrange a phone call."

Public Works Minister Anita Anand in an ethics filing says she recused herself from cabinet discussions involving Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Bridge. Anand’s husband is managing director of a group with a 34 percent share in the privately-owned Bridge, one of the most profitable corporations in the country: "It’s the most expensive driving experience in Canada."

Treasury Board President Anita Anand yesterday described herself as “an extremely thorough and systematic minister” but said she did not know why Board employees paid social calls on ArriveCan contractors. “It is not my purview to oversee the day to day work of employees,” Anand told the Commons public accounts committee: "I do not know."

The Department of Public Works in a briefing note claims ArriveCan charges were “fair and reasonable” despite irregularities and multi-million dollar cost overruns. Anita Anand, the public works minister at the time of ArriveCan spending, earlier told reporters she was not to blame: "Did you know about any of this?"

Treasury Board President Anita Anand has been summoned for questioning over suspicious ArriveCan contracting. Anand as Minister of Public Works was in charge of contracting when program costs soared to $59.5 million on alleged bribery, fraud and bid-rigging: 'They make it sound like she is a passenger, not steering the ship.'

Cabinet budgeted more than $199 million to enforce vax mandates on federal employees though 95 percent were already vaccinated, records show. Treasury Board President Anita Anand in a report to Parliament noted undisclosed millions were approved for “legal services.”

Federal managers paid almost $700,000 to consultants for tips on how to save money on consultants. “This is about smarter not smaller government,” said Treasury Board President Anita Anand: "This is not about doing more with less."

The Prime Minister yesterday appointed a new Treasury Board president for the sixth time in eight years. The newest appointee, MP Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.), told reporters she was “very well placed at this moment to join a fantastic economic team."

Defence Minister Anita Anand yesterday said she never considered deploying tanks against the Freedom Convoy. The remarks followed disclosure of a text exchange in which two cabinet ministers joked about “how many tanks” it would take to clear protesters off Parliament Hill: "We were not considering deploying tanks in any number."

Military spending will increase in Thursday’s budget, Defence Minister Anita Anand yesterday told the Senate national security committee. The pledge came despite a cabinet promise to cut billions from the deficit: "We are increasing our defence spending."

Cabinet is striving “every single day” to curb misconduct by military commanders, Defence Minister Anita Anand said yesterday. Her remarks followed a guilty plea by General (Ret’d) Jonathan Vance to obstruction of justice: "It is not my role to comment on the results of an individual criminal defendant."