¶ Canada Revenue Agency
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is a department of the Government of Canada.
¶ History
On October 12, 2020, the CRA announced the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) program.
On December 30, 2021, the CRA announced an expansion of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB). The program offered $300/week to Canadians whose income was affected by lockdown orders.[1]
In 2022 and 2023, the CRA began contacting recipients of CRB and CERB instructing them to return payments for which they were apparently ineligible. This included people who believed they were, in fact, eligible, based on the information available to them at the time they applied.[2]
¶ Organization
The CRA is partnered with Wilfred Laurier University (WLU) for their student co-op program.[3] The CRA has been a client of the Clinton Group.[4]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nicole Crutcher | Director, Strategic Planning Division[5] | Canadian Anonymization Network (CANON)[6] |
| Shannon Drew | Acting Director General, Research & Innovation Lab[7] | Canadian Anonymization Network (CANON)[6:1] |
¶ Activities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CRA offered a number of financial benefits for Canadians.
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB): September 27, 2020 - October 23, 2021[8]
- Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB): October 24, 2021 - May 7, 2022[9]
¶ External links
Raycraft, R. (2021, December 30). Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit now open for applications. CBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230316152302/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-worker-lockdown-benefit-pandemic-covid-1.6300925 ↩︎
Foran, P. (2024, February 22). “Blown away”: CRA tells Ontario man he’s on the hook for over $38K in CERB payments. CTV News Toronto. http://archive.today/2024.02.22-150257/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-blown-away-after-cra-tells-him-he-owes-over-38k-in-cerb-payments-1.6778528 ↩︎
Co-operative Education 2013. (2013). Wilfrid Laurier University. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102910/https://navigator.wlu.ca/content/documents/Link/Laurier Co-op Brochure 2013.pdf ↩︎
Our Clients. Clinton Group. Retrieved June 6, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.06.06-173740/http://clintongroupinc.com/clients.htm ↩︎
Virtual HR Analytics: Mastering People, Culture and Performance through the use of Analytics. (2020, July). Public Sector Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20240223184235/https://publicsectornetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PSN-2021-Virtual-HR-Analytics-Canada.pdf ↩︎
Membership. CANON | Canadian Anonymization Network. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.12.16-162833/https://deidentify.ca/membership/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Speakers. Preparing for Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector; INFONEX. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220927174319/https://infonex.com/1347/speakers/ ↩︎
Canada Revenue Agency. (2022, November 8). Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB). Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2023.03.15-200031/https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/benefits/recovery-benefit.html ↩︎
Canada Revenue Agency. (2021, December 23). Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB). Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2022.02.19-210837/https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/benefits/worker-lockdown-benefit.html ↩︎