CRA Plans to Spend More Than $500 Million Tracking Down Incorrect Pandemic Relief Payments

The landing page for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit is seen in Toronto on Aug. 10, 2020. Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it will spend roughly $538 million tracking down ineligible claimants of pandemic relief payments.

The CRA has already spent $387.6 million on staff time and resources in an attempt to recover incorrect payments from the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB) program, documents tabled in the House of Commons show.