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William Don Falconer of Vancouver did not claim Canada Emergency Response Benefit payments for which he wasn’t eligible. Nor did he make the easy mistake of applying for the financial aid twice, as ...

Some younger Canadians have used portions of their Canadian Emergency Response Benefit to jump into the hot stock market and learn to invest, but they’ve discovered it’s not easy to make a big buck ...

A Canada Revenue Agency official said federal systems have already flagged a number of potential fraudulent applications for the $2,000-a-month CERB OTTAWA — Harsh penalties for defrauding the Canada ...

When the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools last spring, crosswalk guard and recent graduate Danny Thomson was encouraged by the Ottawa Safety Council to apply for the new Covid-19 emergency benefits.

One of the requirements of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is that an individual must have earned at least $5,000 from employment or self-employment in 2019 or in the 12 months preceding ...

The CRA is clawing back the wrongly disbursed CERB. If you are self-employed and worried about a hefty CERB repayment bill, read further. Many Canadians prefer corporate jobs over self-employment for ...

1:18 Coronavirus: Trudeau says CERB repayments shouldn’t be ‘extra stressor’ over holidays The government collection service said this included confusing information both on the benefit’s web pages, ...

Recipients noticed what seemed like red flags as soon as they opened the emails from Service Canada, demanding repayment of pandemic benefits. The government logo looked strange, or was broken. The ...

The federal government’s economic response to COVID-19 included a new income support called the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). What was it like to live on CERB when it was available, and ...

Peter Graefe is a fellow at the Broadbent Institute. Mohammad Ferdosi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article ...