$4.6 billion in COVID-19 financial aid overpayments went to ineligible recipients, audit finds

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$4.6 billion in COVID-19 financial aid overpayments went to ineligible recipients, audit finds
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Canada's auditor general says about $4.6 billion in COVID-19 financial aid overpayments went to ineligible recipients.

Members of Parliament—many dressed in black—returned to Ottawa on Thursday to take part in a 'special session' commemorating Queen Elizabeth II and marking the accession to the throne of King Charles III. The House of Commons held this historic opportunity to allow MPs to pay tribute ahead of Monday's national commemorations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gambled just by showing up. And he appears to have won in the court of reasonable public opinion, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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