Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit, the Trudeau government announced on Thursday $37-billion in fresh spending on new and revamped federal income support programs for workers affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic.The new measures include broad, if temporary, changes to the Employment Insurance program and the creation of three new benefit programs for workers who do not qualify for EI.
In addition, Ottawa plans to extend the current CERB program by another four weeks for a maximum of 28 weeks worth of emergency benefits.
What we know so far about the CERB to EI transition Most of the EI changes and the three new benefits will kick off on Sept.