I am being sponsored and for some reason I couldn't return some books to the library. I was charged for overdue and I haven't paid yet. Will that affect my background check someway?
There’s a term called “ offsetting.”
If there was an amount let’s say due to a province or another government department.Family maintenance amounts , overpayment benefits, EI overpayments etc. If these payments aren’t repaid , they get “ offset “ to the Federal Government to recoup . Then to the CRA to collect. They aren’t sent to an external collections agency . The Government has their own collections agency . It’ll then be recouped from any credits the taxpayer maybe in the position to receive from the various government departments. These payments( credits ) will be applied to the debit ( owing amount ) . That’s why some individuals receive a letter stating they have monies owing to “ the crown .”
The Government has a long arm in collecting. Library fees etc wouldn’t make it to the Federal collections level.