Canadians who don’t qualify for CERB are scared they’ll fall through cracks cdnpoli
, who believes a universal temporary crisis income would be a better way to send money out to everyone quickly while drawing up plans for more targeted measures.sidestepped the question but said the government was aware of holes in the country’s social security system and was learning some lessons about the importance of federal involvement.
In the four weeks since announcing the first $1-billion in measures to address the pandemic, the Liberals have gone from announcing an expansion of employment insurance, to creating two new support programs — the Emergency Care Benefit and the Emergency Support Benefit — and a 10 per cent wage subsidy for businesses.
Over in Courtenay, on Vancouver Island, Dan Mills runs a small construction company, doing home buildings and renovations. He worries the COVID-19 crisis will kill his business. The general contractor is struggling. Mills has been on workers’ compensation since he tore the tendon attaching his bicep to his forearm in October, but he’s been keeping afloat with the help of three extra guys.
In order to be eligible for the $40,000 loan, he would need to demonstrate that he paid payroll expenses worth $50,000 to $1 million in 2019. “Nobody is pushing projects forward,” he said. “All that effort that we’ve put into building the company [could be] gone.”
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