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‘I’m concerned with the lack of rigour’: AG flags poor effort recovering billions in suspected COVID-19 overpayments, with sole focus on speed of delivery

COVID‑19 benefit programs cost Canadians about $211-billion during the audit period, but about 14 per cent of the payouts, or $30-billion, need to be investigated and $4.6-billion the audit deemed as outright overpayments.

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
December 6, 2022

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‘Speed was of the essence’ in rollout of COVID-19 benefit programs following AG’s report of overpayments, say experts, as feds set sights on recouping billions

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In her recent bombshell report, the AG found $4.6-billion in COVID benefit overpayments to ineligible recipients, and another $27.4-billion that should be investigated further. Politicos and experts say the government had to get billions of dollars out the door quickly when the entire Canadian economy was shut down overnight in March 2020, but say it should now recover those billions accepted fraudulently.

‘Speed was of the essence’ in rollout of COVID-19 benefit programs following AG’s report of overpayments, say experts, as feds set sights on recouping billions

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In her recent bombshell report, the AG found $4.6-billion in COVID benefit overpayments to ineligible recipients, and another $27.4-billion that should be investigated further. Politicos and experts say the government had to get billions of dollars out the door quickly when the entire Canadian economy was shut down overnight in March 2020, but say it should now recover those billions accepted fraudulently.