The decision means that wage and rent subsidies for businesses, and income support for workers out of a job or who need to take time off to care for family or stay home sick, will last until Oct. 23.
Freeland says the government is also freezing rates for the wage and rent subsidies at current levels, holding off on the previously planned decline. She adds that benefits will also be frozen at $300 per week for the three "recovery" benefits, and four more weeks of eligibility will be added to a maximum of 54 weeks.
Freeland says extending the aid is necessary because many small businesses and workers are not yet fully back on their feet.
Holidays are over in 2 weeks. The real flattening of FREEDOM begins.
Still buying votes with taxpayers money. The deficit is going to the roof., but the government does not care, as long as they get back in. No wonder people hate Politicians. And the poor recipients think it is a freebie until they get a tax bill.
JustinTrudeau must consider those who will exhaust all access to EI benefits in the fall if the jobs they return to start cutting hours and laying off due to reduced levels of business. Its not over - these people have an entire additional year of uncertainty.
This is going to have to end at some point. Covid is endemic.
I’ve been trying to get it since cerb ran out and mines still PENDING FFS 🤦♀️
They send out a form that they have to get the employer to sign saying they are still laid off or unemployed in order to keep getting cerb
This is a stupid scam government wasting tax payer money prior to the election they want to call
Yes they have to extend the benefits until after the election.
Stop! This is killing employment
People are still getting COVID benefits Get a job already.
Oh my god - get back to work.
Buying votes. Why are they not throwing money at Seniors?
Poooorraaaaa!
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No stop this. We are creating a generation of lazy unproductive people. There are jobs go get one
Deak Chrystia Freeland, Please give everybody in the country one million dollars. Then we can all be rich and retire early! Nobody will ever have to work again, it will be fantastic!! 🤑
This surely won’t help employers who are crying for workers.
Don’t think one would have got good odds in Vegas against that one. Would one? So the election date has just been pushed back. What does one think?
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