Petit Gillian, Tedds Lindsay M
Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Can Public Policy. 2020 Jul 1;46(Suppl 1):S29-S43. doi: 10.3138/cpp.2020-054.
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a temporary cash transfer program for workers who have reduced earnings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some workers receiving the CERB also receive provincial or territorial income assistance. A lack of clear objectives and definitions related to the CERB has led to the CERB being treated very differently by provincial and territorial income assistance (IA) programs. We look at how these different treatments of CERB under provincial income assistance programs affect IA clients across jurisdictions. We consider arguments for why the CERB should have been fully exempted from IA benefits.
加拿大紧急应对福利金（CERB）是一项针对因新冠疫情而收入减少的工人的临时现金转移计划。一些领取CERB的工人也领取省级或地区性收入援助。由于缺乏与CERB相关的明确目标和定义，省级和地区性收入援助（IA）计划对CERB的处理方式差异很大。我们研究了省级收入援助计划对CERB的这些不同处理方式如何影响不同司法管辖区的IA客户。我们考虑了CERB为何应完全豁免IA福利的相关论点。
