Tag: CERB
Liberals plan to use regulations to create income support after CERB...
OTTAWA — The Liberals plan to use existing tools to quickly create a new support measure next month for struggling workers who won't qualify for employment...
Key COVID-19 benefit to be extended eight weeks with work-related requirements
OTTAWA — The federal government will provide eight extra weeks of benefits for people whose jobs or earnings have vanished because of the COVID-19...
Trust in police drops amid anti-racism protests, poll suggests
OTTAWA — More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George...
Liberals looking to extend COVID-19 benefits ahead of parliamentary showdown
OTTAWA — The Liberals are putting together a plan to extend one of the key COVID-19 benefits ahead of a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday.
Prime...
Liberals vow to keep negotiating after opposition rejects COVID-19 aid bill
OTTAWA — The non-partisan spirit that has allowed Parliament to swiftly pass emergency legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic evaporated Wednesday, with opposition parties refusing to...
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 it could potentially double...
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual...
OTTAWA — Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week.
Brown counts himself among the lucky...
Budget officer says federal deficit could top $252 billion
OTTAWA — Parliament's budget watchdog says that it's likely the federal deficit for the year will hit $252.1 billion as a result of the...
Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau...
OTTAWA — Thousands of businesses have applied for the federal government's $73-billion wage subsidy program, joining a COVID-19 emergency economic plan that industry groups warn...
Sex workers say they’re at risk, have been left out of...
OTTAWA — Sex workers saw their incomes disappear overnight when the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread in Canada. Now many are in desperate situations:...
