The Canada Revenue Agency has let go 120 employees who took advantage of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Out of the approximately 600 cases, we can report that 120 individuals are no longer with the CRA as a result of this internal review,” the statement said.
Any CRA employees who improperly claimed benefits will be required to pay them back if they have not already done so, the statement said.
CERB offered benefits of $500 a week for workers who lost their jobs in the first months of the pandemic in 2020.
“In this regard, roughly 30 employees that are part of this review have been found to be eligible so far,” the CRA statement said.
In a statement Friday, National Revenue Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the cases that have been uncovered should not “call into question the integrity and honesty of the more than 60,000 employees” who work for CRA.
“The CRA’s investigation into the employees who received the Canada emergency response benefit is being taken very seriously and is still ongoing,” the statement said.
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