Q-720 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the commitment in budget 2025 to automate federal benefits: (a) broken down by department and agency, how many employees or full-time equivalents are projected to work on this program in (i) fiscal year 2025-26, (ii) fiscal year 2026-27, (iii) fiscal year 2027-28; (b) what resources are projected to develop new technology solutions, including procurements of new databases or systems; (c) what is the projected yearly expenditure for benefits that will be claimed under this automatic program; (d) what are the eligibility criteria for this program; (e) how many of the 5.5 million targeted individuals are considered non-filers (for example, no previous interaction with the Canada Revenue Agency); (f) what safeguards are in place to ensure that automated benefits are not received by ineligible persons (for example, incarcerated, deceased, out of country, self-employed, participating in the underground economy); and (g) what planning has been undertaken, and what timeline is in place, to expand this project to all tax filers?