You don’t have to be a renowned economist to recognize the dangers to society and the negative effect to the country’s bottom line this plan could cause
“They were already giving students $8 billion. Why did they have to create another billion dollar program?” asks Mintz.
Mintz points out that the “CERB doesn’t discriminate between full and part-time work. So I could be working 10 hours a week and I get the same payment — $2,000 a month — as someone who was working full time. No wonder people don’t want to go back to work.” Thomas asked why, and the physiotherapist said because it would put him over the $1,000 he’s allowed to earn in order to continue collecting the CERB.
Freeland says changes are coming so that people can keep more of their benefits even while they’re working, eliminating the earnings cliff created under CERB that acted as a disincentive to work.
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