Canada Emergency Response Benefit

CRA sending out letters to check eligibility from CERB recipients

Jan 27, 2022 | 8:23am

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is sending out letters to verify if those who received pandemic aid were eligible for help, and they are warning of a potential need for repayment. This marks the second time that the CRA is mailing Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) recipients as part of a process to verify the […]

Those who received CERB, other benefits, may have to pay it back in taxes

Jan 30, 2021 | 8:42am

The Canada Revenue Agency advises that if you received one of the federal government’s benefits related to COVID-19 last year, you may have to pay some of it back in taxes. Saskatchewan spokesperson, Joanne De Waal, says no tax was withheld for CERB, which is the Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit, or from the Emergency Student […]

Sask. residents fighting to reverse provincial CERB clawback

Dec 14, 2020 | 6:15am

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) was aimed at helping people through the pandemic, and now people who received other benefits may have to pay it all back. As it stands, anyone who received CERB while receiving provincial income assistance, must pay back their CERB loans fully by December 31st. Peter Gilmer with the Regina […]

Feds to push for tighter CERB rules, fraud penalties

Jun 9, 2020 | 10:54am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admits the COVID-19 aid packages his government brought in aren’t perfect, and may have been misused by a small number of people At his pandemic update, Trudeau said the government knew there would be mistakes with programs like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. “There may be a number of people who […]

10,000 applications for wage subsidy program, Trudeau says

Apr 27, 2020 | 11:44am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government’s wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency measure will cover 75 per cent of wages for employers that have seen sharp declines in revenue since the novel coronavirus hit Canada hard in March, up to $847 […]

Governement expanding CERB eligibilty; promises to keep working with WHO

Apr 15, 2020 | 10:24am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that the federal government will be expanding eligibility rules for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, and come up with a plan to top up pay for some essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CERB will now become available to Canadians who have uses EI benefits since January 1st, […]

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