Kenney Says Feds Won’t Let Apple, Google Help Alberta Contact Tracing App

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Kenney accused the feds of “standing between” the provinces and big tech companies.

On Monday, Kenney said the province wants to work directly with big tech companies to improve the app’s functionality and he has made “repeated requests” to the federal government to remove their objection to Google and Apple working with provinces.

“At the end of the day, by standing in between us and the large tech companies, they are effectively reducing the functionality of an app which can help us in the midst of a public health crisis,” he said. In a statement to HuffPost, federal Health Minister Patty Hadju’s spokesperson Cole Davidson said that Google and Apple have made their application programming interfaces available to the federal government for developing the national app.

“We are committed to building and launching a well-designed, user-tested application that is secure, reliable and easy to use,” he said. “To be the most helpful in our efforts to fight COVID-19, the app needs to be accessible and used by as many Canadians as possible. That’s why we continue to work with Apple, Google and our partners in jurisdictions across Canada on a voluntary national app that will be ready for download very soon.

“If we’re going to be asked to help them in the development of another app, that’s fine, but look, let’s allow Google and Apple to work with us to ensure that the ABTraceTogether app is fully functional,” Shandro said.

 

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