CRA leadership knew of major gaps in fraud detection as agency paid out bogus refunds, records show
Revelations come as revenue minister set to testify at parliamentary committees. In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue...
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CRA duped in $40M bogus tax refund case. Why did it take a big bank to notice?
Privacy commissioner launches investigation into Canada Revenue Agency. In the summer of 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada...
Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds
Agency admits it vastly underreported cyberattacks against Canadian taxpayers to Parliament. At the height of this year's tax season, the...
Gun control group calls Trudeau government's buyback program a 'waste' of money
The Trudeau government is losing a key ally in its efforts to take hundreds of thousands of military-style firearms out...
Ottawa hoping to convince reluctant civil servants of the benefits of working from the office
The federal government is preparing to welcome a frustrated workforce back to its offices on Sept. 9. Under a new...
RCMP official calls for debate on hate speech law after probe of controversial imam ends without charges
The RCMP is warning of a growing number of cases of public speech that could incite hatred and is asking...
Ottawa getting ready to ditch costly, error-prone Phoenix pay system
The federal government is accelerating plans to put the Phoenix public service pay system out of its misery. Launched in...
Ottawa plans to launch controversial firearms buyback program during election year
Ottawa is planning to roll out a mandatory buyback program for military-style firearms during the 2025 election year, after the...
Less than half of daycare spaces promised by Ottawa have been created ahead of 2026 deadline
The launch of a new national daycare program fuelled high hopes among Canadian families three years ago, but new figures...
Veterans Affairs worried about blowback after it rejected Afghan memorial design, memo says
Officials at Veterans Affairs (VAC) feared that their decision to overrule the government's handpicked jury on a proposed design for...
Federal green fund faces new hurdles before its suspension is lifted
The federal government will await the results of another investigation into a controversial green fund before it decides whether to...
Ortis was 'on the cusp' of passing state secrets to foreign entity at time of arrest, Crown alleged
Cameron Ortis, convicted by a jury Wednesday of violating Canada's secrets act, was arrested when he was "on the cusp"...
Whistleblowers at green fund want federal government to protect them from career, legal reprisals
Whistleblowers who exposed problems at a federal green fund are calling for protection from possible professional or legal retaliation. The...