‘I’m concerned with the lack of rigour’: AG flags poor effort recovering billions in suspected COVID-19 overpayments, with sole focus on speed of delivery

COVID‑19 benefit programs cost Canadians about $211-billion during the audit period, but about 14 per cent of the payouts, or $30-billion, need to be investigated and $4.6-billion the audit deemed as outright overpayments.

On Dec. 6, Auditor General Karen Hogan released two reports on the government's COVID-19 vaccine procurement and benefit programs, finding their implementation riddled with problems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

December 6, 2022

Canada’s narrow focus on quick COVID-19 payouts created a relief system that sent $4.6-billion to ineligible recipients, with another $27.4-billion flagged as suspicious and needing investigation, according to a new audit that found the government is “falling short” re...

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