CRA Fired More Than 100 Employees for Misconduct, Receiving COVID Payments

The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian PressThe Canada Revenue Agency fired more than 100 employees last year, including 25 for misconduct and 78 for fraudulently applying for and receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new CRA report says.The agency recorded 370 cases of misconduct in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, 266 of which led to disciplinary measures including suspensions, oral or written reprimands, financial penalties, demotion, and terminations, according to the CRA’s second “Annual Report on Employee Misconduct and Wrongdoing,” released on Jan. 28.