school closures required Vaughan to stay home as a full-time caregiver, another part of her routine has been juggling calls to Service Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency and her local MP to fix a problem with her application for federal benefits designed for parents in her situation.Vaughan has spent weeks trying to receive the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, only to be stymied by how it interacts with the employment insurance system.She has tapped her savings to cover bills and run up bills on her credit card while she waits for badly needed relief to roll in.
Canadians applying for coronavirus benefits now required to disclose travel “They basically just keep saying that they’re working on it ASAP,” she said of her conversations with.