Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit!

Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) has ended, and will be replaced with a new program called the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit.

Monday, October 25, 2021

The Canada Recovery Lockdown Benefit would be:

1. $300 a week.

2. only available to workers whose work interruption is a direct result of a government-imposed public health lockdown.

3. It will be Available until May 7, 2022, with retroactive application to October 24, 2021 should the situation warrant it.

4. It will be accessible for the entire duration of a government-imposed public health lockdown - up until May 7, 2022.

5. It will be available to workers who are ineligible for EmploymentInsurance (EI) and those who are eligible for EI, as long as they are not paid benefits through EI for the same period.

A person who loss his/her income or employment due to the refusal of vaccination ... wouldn't be eligible for this benefit !!