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CERB poses back-to-work dilemma: ‘We’re being incentivized to make just under $1,000’

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Why some Canadians have already run out of CERB: ‘I was in tears’ That’s because recipients of the CERB, which provides $2,000 a month to Canadians who’ve lost their income due to COVID-19, can only earn up to $1,000 in a four-week period before losing their benefits.“If they accepted even one more dollar’s worth of work, they lose the $2,000 CERB benefit and are left with $1,001 to support themselves and their family,” economist Tammy Schirle noted in a report for the C.D.

Howe Institute in May.That’s why Jake, who’s been receiving the CERB since being laid off in mid-March, says he’s conflicted about what to do next.In July of last year, he says he made around $2,400 — a few hundred dollars more than what he’s been getting through CERB..

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