Tips Lead CRA to Recover $26 Million in Payments, Penalties Under Pandemic Relief Program: Federal Records

A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen in Ottawa on May 10, 2021. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Tips from informants have led to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recovering over $26 million in penalties and incorrect payments under the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), the government’s costliest pandemic relief program,

“Between April 2020 and last November 25 the Agency processed 1,986 leads from the public,” cabinet wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons by Conservative MP Adam Chambers on Dec. 8, 2022, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.