Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit

Extended Federal Pandemic Benefits to Cost $873 Million: PBO

The federal government's proposal to extend both pandemic sickness and caregiving benefits into next spring will come with a price tag of about $873.6 million, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) ...

November 30, 2021BY Isaac Teo

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 ...

January 11, 2021BY The Canadian Press

Feds Weigh Cutting COVID-19 Sickness Benefit for Canadians Who Have Travelled

OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government is weighing whether to bar people who have travelled overseas from a new sick−leave ...

January 3, 2021BY The Canadian Press

COVID-19 Benefits Boost May Snag NDP Support for Throne Speech

The Liberals announced Thursday that the government is introducing a bill to create three new COVID-19 benefits for ...

September 25, 2020BY Isaac Teo

Canada’s Feds Raises Unemployment Benefit, Set to Win Opposition Backing

OTTAWA—Canada's government on Thursday boosted a proposed weekly payout for the jobless that would replace emergency COVID-19 income ...

September 24, 2020BY Reuters