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CERB repayment demand scrapped for some

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Feb, 2021 07:05 PM
  • CERB repayment demand scrapped for some

Thousands of Canadians told they'd have to repay federal emergency benefits are getting reprieves.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says those who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit based on their net incomes, not their gross, won't have to cut the government a cheque.

Thousands of repayment letters went out last year to self-employed Canadians.

They'd been told that to qualify for the CERB they had to have earned at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months before they applied.

But how to calculate that income became a sticking point, with confusion over whether it meant income before or after expenses were deducted.

In turn, upwards of 400,000 people were told they'd have to repay because they weren't in fact eligible for them.

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