Ziad Aboultaif at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 29th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 29th, 2020 / 12:30 p.m.

Conservative

Ziad Aboultaif Conservative Edmonton Manning, AB

Good morning, Ms. Hogan. Thank you for joining us today and congratulations on your appointment as the Auditor General.

We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has left a dire situation and immense challenges for federal and provincial governments. Spending on just two programs, the CERB and the CEWS, as of the report we received this morning, is over $110 billion. On a lot of the spending, there are still questions that need to be answered, including on the CERB, and specifically on the CERB's lack of eligibility verification before the funds are sent out.

Will the AG's office be looking into programs such as CERB for cost overruns, fraudulent accounts and accountability?

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