more than a quarter of the money went to people who might not have needed it.For example, the study found nearly one million young people aged 15 to 24 collected the $2,000-a-month CERB benefit, even though they were still living with their parents in homes with a household income of $100,000 or more.It was a similar story for adults collecting the CERB despite having high-income spouses.
More than 480,000 spouses, who earned less than $24,000 in 2019, collected the CERB despite total family incomes of $100,000 or more.Students living with their parents in homes with family incomes greater than $100,000 pocketed more than $1 billion under the Canada Emergency Student Benefit program.Families earning more than $100,000 last year received.