Eight more weeks of CERB to cost $17.9 billion, budget officer says

By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates in a new report that it will cost the federal government $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. The report this morning from budget officer Yves Giroux says that would bring the total cost of the benefit program for people who’ve lost all or nearly all their work to the COVID-19 pandemic to $71.3 billion.…

• Whistler News

June 23, 2020

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