On April 1, 2020, the Canadian government announced further details of the previously announced Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), including updated information about how applicants can apply ...

Early morning on September 30, 2020, the House of Commons unanimously passed legislation authorizing new benefits for Canadian workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government's ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals are scheming with big business to curtail and phase out the meagre makeshift benefits the federal government is providing the millions of workers who ...

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 ...

The Liberal government has introduced a bill that threatens workers who refuse to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic with huge fines and jail time. With Bill C-17, Canada’s ruling elite is ...

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are rolling out a $37-billion income-support plan for workers whose earnings have crashed during the pandemic, providing a hint of future changes to the social safety net ...

OTTAWA — The federal minister overseeing key aid programs for workers during the pandemic says there could still be changes to a proposed package of income-support benefits as the country faces ...

The federal government is extending many of its emergency COVID-19 benefits as the pandemic rages on, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. Sickness benefits, caregiving benefits and the ...

Elise Hjalmarson is a Research Assistant for the European Research Council-funded project "Returning to a Better Place: The (Re)assessment of the 'Good Life' in Times of Crisis". She is also the ...