COVID-19.In a report this morning, the parliamentary budget officer estimates that only $50 million out of the estimated $655 million of the new sickness benefit will go to workers who have COVID-19.
Canadians forced to miss work due to coronavirus can apply for federal financial support The office estimates that the vast majority of spending this fiscal year and next will go to people who have to take time off for other illnesses, or because they would be at high risk if they caught COVID-19.A separate costing note from Yves Giroux’s office also estimates that the majority of spending on a new 26-week caregiving benefit will go to parents caring for children.Giroux’s report says that of the $1.4 billion estimated net cost for the leave.