e-2526 (Social affairs and equality)
- Keywords
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit
- COVID-19
- Pandemic
- Part-time workers
- Self-employed workers
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) eligibility requirement of no income earned means that many self-employed Canadians and part-time workers are not eligible, despite having had their earnings significantly impacted; and
- This exclusion is an oversight, as it not only neglects these individuals that need assistance but also provides the wrong type of incentive that hurts consumers, damages the economy, and results in loss of government tax revenues.
- Open for signature
- April 15, 2020, at 2:22 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 15, 2020, at 2:22 p.m. (EDT)