Category: Canada Recovery Benefit

Extra Weeks to Be Added to COVID-19 Benefits for Workers, Parents, Trudeau Says

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit will raise the maximum number of weeks available to 38 from 26. Trudeau also…


Feds Change Sick Leave Benefit, Applicants Required to Say If They Travelled

OTTAWA—Anyone applying for three federal benefits will now need to say whether they are in quarantine because they travelled outside the country. The Canada Revenue Agency announced the new requirement following an uproar over the possibility of Canadians applying for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit after ignoring public-health advice to not engage in non-essential travel….