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.