Finance committee  Mr. Chair, there's another person coming in the room to speak to those measures.

Finance committee  I can defer to my Finance colleagues on this, but I don't believe there are any calculations for expected payments that are included in the budgetary financial tables in the budget.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. In the fall economic statement of 2020, the government announced that there would be $260 million over four years for ESDC and CRA to increase their capacity to detect, investigate and address the cases of fraud or misrepresentation relate

Finance committee  As of right now on the advance payment activity, there have been over one million people who have repaid among the people who have been identified. I don't have the number of the exact amount of money that's expected to be fully paid, but there are notices of debt being sent out

Finance committee  There's a target number of people who have been identified as having advance payments that are outstanding. I believe there are 1.7 million in total, of which 715,000 have had notices sent out. However, for the total value, I don't have that number.

Finance committee  Yes, I can check into that for sure.

Finance committee  My CRA colleagues are with me here now and can correct me, but I can take a shot at that answer first, Mr. Chair, if it's okay. That work is not under way as of yet. There is an integrity process that goes under way to determine ineligibility. That work has been delayed as a res

Finance committee  Sure. I can take that one. As you know, as you just said, the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act provides authority up until the end of the year, December 31, to pay for those who applied for CERB benefits. This bill amendment will allow the authority to conti

Finance committee  The majority of CERB recipients have received their payments. A number of recipients who required additional verification are still being processed. They are the ones who would ideally be paid for this once the authority is put in place.

Finance committee  I don't have the exact number. CRA would have to confirm.