Federal figures on COVID-19 aid provide window into who needed the help

OTTAWA — Newly released data on emergency COVID-19 aid shows that some of the country’s highest income earners used a key benefit for workers. The $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit paid out just over $81.6 billion in benefits to 8.9 million people from March until it ended at the start of October. The CERB was […]