Yes and no. It needs to be seen in context.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the deadline for submitting personal income tax returns was extended. That meant that the Canada Revenue Agency and Employment and Social Development Canada did not have the required information. That information was not requested when benefit claims were made, because they were personal attestations. Very little 2019 information was available. We found that once the information had been received, the CRA had introduced another form of controls to verify recipient income. In our audit, we found that they stopped payments made in error but did not proceed to recover the amounts paid out.
However, these measures were not used when the 2020 tax returns were received. The system was in place, but was not applied consistently. That's when the Canada Revenue Agency ought to have done careful verifications for recovery purposes.