Canada Emergency Response Benefit payment, even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an extension of the emergency income support program on Tuesday.“I was in tears,” says Charity Smith, a Toronto-based cleaner.Smith, who has been receiving the CERB since mid-March, says she discovered on Tuesday morning she may have to go several weeks without income as her government benefits ran out earlier than she expected.
The CERB provides $2,000 in taxable income every four weeks to those who are unable to work due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, whether or not they qualify for Employment Insurance.Smith is one of many who were automatically transferred to the CERB program when they applied for Employment Insurance from March 15 on, as the.