I guess the way I approach items like this is by not necessarily looking to identify who was at fault but looking to identify whether or not it could have been prevented and then what's going to happen after the fact. I think both departments that were responsible for the rollout—Employment and Social Development Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency—recognized rather quickly, about a week in, that individuals could, either in error or through confusion, apply to both programs, and then a control was put in place. You can appreciate that, there were very many applications in that first week, and that's why the dollar amount is so high—
On April 15th, 2021. See this statement in context.