A mother north of Toronto has finally received government benefits, one day after a Global News report exposed how she was denied twice by Ottawa.
First, Alysha Vanderhart did not receive maternity benefits even though she and her employer had made employment insurance contributions for about three years; then, she and her father say Alysha was denied employment insurance benefits when the company she worked for had to close because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The small business in Brampton, Ont., is owned by her father, Todd Vanderhart. “It’s been really stressful. It’s been hard to pay some bills,” Alysha told Global News in an interview.