My question is for the Auditor General.
As you know, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada has reported that people not living in Canada received the CERB. People who were engaged in illegal and suspicious financial activity also received the CERB. Some people received more than one CERB deposit in less than a week, even though it was supposed to be strictly a weekly payment. Scammers used personal identity information to apply for the CERB. The list goes on.
Now the department tells us that they have not gone back and verified whether the people who got CERB money were eligible for it. Your job was to audit whether or not they followed their rules in ensuring that only people entitled to the money got it. Today you're telling us you're not going to do your job until 2023 or later, because the department has not done its job.
Have I accurately characterized your testimony? If not, please correct me.