Canada Emergency Response Benefit will remain available retroactively until early December.A federal government official on Thursday clarified the availability of the retroactive portion of the program, the rest of which began wrapping up last weekend and will officially end on Saturday.The clarification came after NDP MP Jenny Kwan raised concerns during question period on Thursday, saying one of her constituents had tried to apply online for retroactive CERB payments on Sept.
29 after learning the program was ending, but was told he could not do so. CERB to EI: What to know about transitioning to the new coronavirus benefits “When we looked into this, the CRA agent told my office that on Sept.