Canada Child Benefit payments may be delayed by global IT outage, says federal government [Video]

The Canada Revenue Agency has started sending out Canada Child Benefit (CCB) payments — but the federal government is warning recipients those payments may be delayed due to a worldwide IT outage that began Friday.

Minister of National Revenue Marie-Claude Bibeau said on social media that the Canada Revenue Agency “is not affected by the global IT outage and has sent out CCB payments to all eligible families.”

Bibeau added, however, that the federal government is aware of “potential challenges some banks may encounter in delivering the payments” and will work with the banks to “ensure seamless transactions.”

The global outage has disrupted operations in multiple industries, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters going dark and every sector from banking to health care being hit by system problems.

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