CRA says 289 employees received ineligible CERB payments [Video]

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has provided new data on the number of employees who were found to have received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The investigation into inappropriate CERB payments began in June 2023. All CRA employees were reviewed and 600 were identified as requiring additional investigations.

In an email to CTV News Ottawa, the CRA said that as of June 17, it has found 289 employees who received CERB payments when they were ineligible.

• Sign up now for daily CTV News Ottawa newsletters
• The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App

That figure is up from the 232 employees the agency reported in March.

Those individuals are no longer employed by the CRA.

“Anyone who is found to be ineligible for the CERB, including CRA employees who inappropriately applied for and received it, will be required to repay the amounts if they haven’t already done so,” CRA spokesperson Charles Drouin said.

Some employees …