Worker Lockdown Benefit News Today

Struggling Toronto actor Alain DAmours applied for $23,700 in funds to help him buy groceries, and pay his rent and bills during the pandemic. Now, the government wants it back.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government rushed billions of dollars in benefits to help Canadians deal with the financial impact of it.

Canadas auditor general says that while the federal government effectively delivered emergency COVID-19 benefits during the pandemic, deciding to not front-end verification resulted in $4.6 billion in overpayments to ineligible individuals.

At the start of the pandemic, many Canadians and their businesses received payments to help keep them afloat. But some of them were overpaid. Personal finance contributor Christopher Liew explains how long taxpayers have to pay the CRA back and what they need to do to avoid any consequences.

As Quebec calls in the Red Cross and the Army, squeezes businesses and shuts down schools, the only difference between Canadians receiving much-needed federal benefits as Covid cases soar and

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that the federal government is temporarily expanding access to the Lockdown Program and Worker Lockdown Benefit, in light of

Radio-Canada spoke to several Liberal MPs, on the record and on background, who said they are eager to make their voices heard on issues at an official gathering, the first since the September election.

Businesses risk a double whammy of potential labour shortages and a decline in consumer spending due to COVID-19 benefits ending Saturday, an economist says.