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‘I can make more money on CERB’: More concerns benefit may be a disincentive for workers
CERB) instead.“We got quite a few positive responses; we’re gonna bring in about 10 people for interviews,” Walsh said.“There was a bit of backlash arguing, ‘You know what, I can make more money on CERB.’ That just came as a bit of a surprise to us.”Muriel Protzer, senior policy analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says the CERB system needs to be more like employment insurance (EI) benefits.“This will ensure that those who are collecting the benefit are people who desperately and genuinely need this,” she said. CERB may discourage people from returning to work, B.C.