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Why some Canadians have already run out of CERB: ‘I was in tears’
Canada Emergency Response Benefit payment, even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an extension of the emergency income support program on Tuesday.“I was in tears,” says Charity Smith, a Toronto-based cleaner.Smith, who has been receiving the CERB since mid-March, says she discovered on Tuesday morning she may have to go several weeks without income as her government benefits ran out earlier than she expected.