Public Accounts committee  I'd like to ask Mr. Le Goff to answer the question.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. In the current context, we wanted to bring up the fact that this program helped low–income families in need. We were also guided by the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We considered issues related to the temporary amount paid out as part o

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, I could take part of that question. It is as you referred to in the report. We indicate that either one or both would need to file their tax return in order for these payments to be made.

Public Accounts committee  That is my understanding as well, Madam Chair. The agent would need to do some further analysis in terms of the chronology of events when the parents were sharing that custody, or if it was one parent who had the sole responsibility of the child. That question would maybe be be

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure if this is directed to me, Madam Chair. I'll ask my colleague, Philippe Le Goff. I don't believe we have had a review of that specifically. We did mention at the beginning of the report, in the introduction and in the context, that the payments were indexed, so ther

Public Accounts committee  I believe so, but I'll turn to my colleague, Philippe Le Goff. He would be in a better position to provide some details, if he has any.

Public Accounts committee  Indeed, it will be something that will be coming up more often in our reports. The Auditor General has asked me and our teams, as we plan our audits, to put a lens on the sustainable development goals. Equivalent as well, I just wanted to add, is a focus on gender-based analysis

Public Accounts committee  The first thing we ask the entity is whether they have conducted a GBA+ analysis. Have they looked into those vulnerable populations? Are they considering every potential population in their segment that would be benefiting from the program? We would start to question the depart

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. As we mentioned, we found that the amounts were accurate and timely. However, we did note that there was room for improvement in terms of the program's integrity. For example, in some files in our sample, we noticed that a few months had gone by befo

Public Accounts committee  That's right. We also indicated in the report that there were some communication-related problems between the agency and federal departments. For example, if someone leaves Canada permanently, it would be good for the agency to know that. In this kind of a situation, the agency i

Public Accounts committee  We calculated the cost for a family of raising a child from birth to the age of 18. We ended up with a total amount of approximately $100,000, as we stated in our report.

Public Accounts committee  Basically, we made a recommendation to the agency for them to enhance some of the procedures and the communication. We saw that in some cases the letters that were communicated to the applicants were convoluted and confusing and that it was not always clear what steps an applican

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. We are happy to be here to talk about a report that is pretty positive concerning the Canada Revenue Agency. The female presumption concept is still justified today. That concept is not being questioned. Women are earning less than men in the labour

Public Accounts committee  As indicated, the CRA has effective systems and processes to assess eligibility. When we, for example, visited the tax centres, we saw first-level agents in action who were collecting the information and entering the information into the system in order to ensure that the applica

Public Accounts committee  As you indicated, when we visited the tax centres where these benefits were being administered, we saw that in some cases agents took the initiative to further validate the information that was being provided as part of the application. This was not done systematically for all of