The CRA said last year they were launching an internal review to determine if employees had received CERB, with approximately 600 people identified for further investigation.
have been terminated in the past year for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final round of firings having occurred in the past three months.
In total, 330 people have lost their jobs at the federal agency after receiving a benefit they were ineligible to receive, the CRA told Global News in its final update.The $2,000-per-month CERB was rolled out by the CRA between March and September 2020 in the early months of the pandemic.Not everyone who has been investigated was terminated, however. The CRA said 185 were looked into, but not fired, though 40 faced disciplinary actions, such as suspension.
“The actions of some should in no way undermine the honesty and integrity of the tens of thousands of CRA employees who work every day in an exemplary manner to serve Canadians,” a spokesperson for the CRA said in an email. The CRA added that there were still a small number of cases, such as those on medical or extended unpaid leave, who are still being reviewed and will take additional time to complete.Trudeau says there’s intelligence Tories ‘engaged or are at high risk’ from foreign interferenceWho is behind India’s alleged crimes in Canada?
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