Over 1,000 Canadians are taking the CRA to court over CERB payments as Ottawa attempts to claw back pandemic funds. Read more.
In hindsight, Mitchell says she wishes she hadn’t answered the phone that day in 2021.The CRA agent wanted detailed information about Mitchell’s income and medical condition within a couple of weeks. The deadlines for the material had slipped Mitchell’s mind, preoccupied with her mother’s cancer diagnosis and her duties as a mother of three.
The judge found the previous tax agent had “mischaracterized” Mitchell’s evidence, wrongfully concluding she voluntarily quit her job. “The federal government just uses this system to rip people off,” she said. “I didn’t work all my life to do this.”The Auditor General reported in 2022 that pandemic supports for individuals and businesses totalled $211 billion. While $4.6 billion went to ineligible individuals, more than $15 billion went to businesses whose revenue ultimately didn’t decline enough to qualify for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.
Those who lost their cases have included a Toronto woman who fell short of the $5,000 pre-pandemic income requirement by just $7, a former Toronto Uber driver whose inability to drive was due to a disability and not the pandemic, and multiple Airbnb operators who were deemed to earn rental income rather than self-employment income.Sjogren said she was injured more than a decade ago and went off work with a disability, but is still fighting the Sask.
“This feature of judicial review may be surprising to those who do not have legal training and who expect the court to be able to settle their grievances,” the judge wrote.Article content
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