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Taxpayer Watchdog Tracking CRA Efforts to Collect on Overpayment of COVID-19 Benefits

The office of Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they've continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite having repaid the ...

May 4, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Over 600,000 Canadians Ineligible for CERB Have Yet to Repay Benefit: Gov’t Document

A total of 620,310 Canadians who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) but were deemed ineligible for ...

April 1, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

SNAP Beneficiaries Could See Monthly Food Benefits Shrink as Pandemic Ends

Americans in 32 states are expected to see their benefits under the SNAP food assistance program shrink by ...

February 10, 2023BY Naveen Athrappully

CRA Should Warn Benefits Applicants About Risk of Clawbacks: Taxpayers’ Watchdog

Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau says the Canada Revenue Agency should warn Canadians applying for benefits about the risk ...

December 13, 2022BY The Canadian Press

Extra Weeks to Be Added to COVID-19 Benefits for Workers, Parents, Trudeau Says

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits ...

February 19, 2021BY The Canadian Press

Ontario’s Expands Eligibility for Emergency Child Care Program in Remote Learning Regions

Ontario says it is expanding the list of eligible workers under its emergency child care program in regions ...

January 26, 2021BY Isaac Teo

Few to Use New Sickness Benefit for COVID-19 Diagnosis, PBO Suggests in New Report

OTTAWA—Parliament’s spending watchdog says relatively little of the government’s new sickness benefit will go to people who have ...

October 7, 2020BY The Canadian Press