Canadian goverment combines emergency COVID-19 aid benefit for Canadians (CTV News)

From CTV News – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the government is merging two previously announced employment insurance benefits for Canadians who are out of, or off work because of COVID-19.

He is also vowing that more financial assistance will come as the pandemic wages on, with the first $82-billion aid package set to flow as soon as it passes Parliament on Wednesday.

The new benefit combines the Emergency Care Benefit and Emergency Support Benefit — into the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and will provide $2,000 a month for four months, for people who are off work and without an income as a result of the novel coronavirus. 

Read more at: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/trudeau-combines-emergency-covid-19-aid-benefit-for-canadians-1.4867539