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Report on cost of expanded CERB to be released by parliamentary budget watchdog

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Canada Emergency Response Benefit.Budget officer Yves Giroux’s report scheduled to be released this morning comes as the House of Commons is set to discuss proposed changes to the COVID-19 pandemic-related aid.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that his government wants to rework how it doles out the $2,000-a-month benefit and get more people back to work, while also cracking down on fraud.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The most recent federal figures show 8.41 million people have applied for the CERB, with $43.51 billion in payments made as of June 4.The figures surpassed anything the government originally expected, which is why the Finance Department recently updated its spending.

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