Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) Extended

The Government of Canada announced that the CERB program will be extended from 16 weeks to 24 weeks for workers who:

• stopped working due to COVID-19 or
• are eligible for Employment Insurance regular or sickness benefits or
• have exhausted their Employment Insurance regular benefits or Employment Insurance fishing benefits between December 29, 2019 and October 3, 2020.

For more details, visit the Government of Canada website