The federal government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to recover the billions of dollars it gave to ineligible recipients of pandemic subsidies, documents show.
An Inquiry of Ministry filed by Conservative MP Corey Tochor returned specific figures from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
As of March 31, over $320 million had been spent on audits, investigations, and debt collections.
The inquiry indicates that CRA assigned 2,601 full-time employees on the case.
The millions spent to date are expected to reach close to a billion in costs for recovery activities.
“Total costs associated with the integrity activities for relief programs for future years (2023–2026) is estimated to be $556,487,045,” says the inquiry, hence bringing the total cost to over $876 million….