Category: Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit

Extended Federal Pandemic Benefits to Cost $873 Million: PBO

November 30, 2021
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The federal government’s proposal to extend both pandemic sickness and caregiving benefits into next spring will come with a price tag of about $863.6 million, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates. On Nov. 24, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that the federal government plans to prolong the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit…

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Feds Change Sick Leave Benefit, Applicants Required to Say If They Travelled

January 11, 2021
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OTTAWA—Anyone applying for three federal benefits will now need to say whether they are in quarantine because they travelled outside the country. The Canada Revenue Agency announced the new requirement following an uproar over the possibility of Canadians applying for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit after ignoring public-health advice to not engage in non-essential travel….

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Feds Weigh Cutting Covid-19 Sickness Benefit for Canadians Who Have Travelled

January 3, 2021
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OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government is weighing whether to bar people who have travelled overseas from a new sick−leave benefit that pays up to $1,000 to Canadians who have to quarantine due to COVID−19. The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit was launched in the fall to help Canadians who are unable to work because they must quarantine…

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