PACC Committee Report

            The Standing Committee on Public Accounts recommended:

That Human Resources Development Canada and the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency monitor the performance of all measures, including those outlined in their action plans, to prevent, deter and detect fraud and abuse with regard to Record of Employment forms, and report the results to Parliament in their performance reports beginning with the reports for the period ending 31 March 2002.

RESPONSE

The Government agrees with this recommendation.

CCTROs and CCTOAs will be placed strategically across the country by CCRA Rulings and Appeals to deal with cases for which HRDC suspects fraud or abuse. 

CCRA Rulings will monitor the performance of these officers on a regular basis via their Case Management and Decision Support Systems, as well as receive regular updates on files that they are currently working.  Furthermore, HRDC and the CCRA have undertaken to do joint monitoring of selected files involving fraud or abuse.

HRDC will provide figures in the departmental performance report on the number of major investigations it undertakes in the 2001-2002 reporting period, as these investigations typically involve abuse of the record of employment.  In addition to this indicator that identifies their detection efforts, HRDC will report on the number of employer-information sessions conducted in 2001-2002, as these are interventions that promote awareness of information on their detection programs and provide an indication of their prevention and deterrence efforts.

The CCRA and HRDC will report the results to Parliament in their respective performance reports beginning with the reports for the period ending March 31, 2002.