Canada has revised its COVID-19 Economic Response Plan with the addition of the new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which replaces the Emergency Care Benefit and the Emergency Support Benefit for people facing unemployment, people who are sick, quarantined, or in directed self-isolation, and people who are unable to work. The CERB provides a taxable benefit of CAD 2,000 a month for up to 4 months to:
- workers who must stop working due to COVID-19 and do not have access t…