ESDC currently claws back CPP and OAS overpayments for individuals who are still receiving their monthly benefits. In 2016, for example, the department recovered about $134 million of the $233 million in outstanding overpayments. No date providedBueckert did not offer a date for the resumption of debt collection for OAS overpayments in inactive accounts. "Once all of the system issues have been resolved, collection will begin in a similar way [to how] CPP inactive accounts are being collected," he said in an email. The long-unresolved IT glitch is one of many that have dogged the federal government for years.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2019 07:52 UTC