Canada Emergency Response Benefit

Feds Have Reclaimed Over $2 Billion in Ineligible CERB Payments: Gov’t Document

The federal government has reclaimed over $2 billion in Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments paid out during the pandemic to ineligible recipients due to inadequate verification methods, according to the ...

July 14, 2023BY Peter Wilson

More Than 1,000 Canadians Take CRA to Court Over Pandemic Payments—and Some Win

In late 2021, Tressa Mitchell was dealing with doctor's appointments for her ailing mother when she got a ...

July 12, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Government Recovers About a Third of $3 Billion Erroneous CERB Payments

The federal government has so far recovered about a third of the roughly $3 billion in COVID-19 relief ...

September 22, 2022BY Andrew Chen

‘Need All Hands on Deck’: A Look at Income Supports, Teen Workers, Amid Aging Workforce and High Job Vacancies

High job vacancies, low unemployment rates, and an aging Canadian workforce are major challenges facing the economy, say ...

May 4, 2022BY Lee Harding

COVID-19 Benefits Boost May Snag NDP Support for Throne Speech

The Liberals announced Thursday that the government is introducing a bill to create three new COVID-19 benefits for ...

September 25, 2020BY Isaac Teo

Extending CERB for Months Could Double $60 Billion Budget, PBO Report Suggests

OTTAWA—Parliament's spending watchdog has put a price tag around talks to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, estimating ...

June 10, 2020BY The Canadian Press