The millions of people who are still claiming the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) will be transitioned onto the federal Employment Insurance program in September, the federal government announced on Friday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that more details will be coming before the end of August, but said that “no one will be left behind.”
The reason CERB was developed initially was because the EI system couldn’t handle the wave of new applicants early on in the pandemic as millions were laid off. , and the government has paid out $62.75 billion since it was launched early on in the pandemic. “We want to create the supports that contribute to people returning to work and to the workplace,” she said. One of the criticisms of the program has been that it paid some people more than they were making at their jobs, disincentivizing them from returning to work.
The weaning off of the massive and never-before-used aid program has been months in the making, with signals thatQualtrough said the public service has been enhancing the program over the last few months and she is “very confident” the EI application portal will be able to accept up to four million applications in the fall.
The federal government has previously spoken about ongoing talks with the provinces and territories to ensure that every worker in Canada who needs it canWith more people returning to work, politicians and health experts have emphasized how essential it will be for employees to have the ability to stay home if they are sick or displaying symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
The rent relief program was another joint federal-provincial plan rolled out during the peak of the pandemic,for eligible small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19, if their landlords agreed to take part.
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