Did we all just forget about Doug Ford’s 2.5+ million dollar beeping bracelet scam?

I was just recently reminded of this whilst trying to explain to someone how messed up Ontario is.Did everyone collectively forget that Doug Ford and Co. blew all this money his brilliant idea of bracelet’s that would beep if we got too close? It was spearheaded by “Facedrive Inc”. I know that this is a pretty minor thing after all is said and done following this pandemic, but this one was just nonsense. If I remember, it was basically a scam in every regard. I recall a couple Reddit threads and news articles that dug into the entire thing and most of the parties involved were basically…well, nobody. Almost no solid business, technological or public health background involved. It was like the entire thing was conceived by a couple of high school kids after smoking some of Doug Ford’s bowling alley hash. Dude, what if we like, invented bracelets that beeped if people got too close?So then they gave people with no real business credentials a few million dollars to develop this shit and obviously nothing came out of it beyond the announcement. So what gives? Why has nobody questioned this? Or sued? Or brought it up in the House? Again, 2+ million isn’t a lot of money when you’re talking about a government budget but…still? Nobody in the media really brought it up, no lawsuits were filed and – as typical of Ontarians – we just seemingly brushed it under the rug and complained about haircuts and gyms instead. Is this just something we’re supposed to forget? via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/3xifW5d