CERB a slap in the face
for Ontarians scraping by on disability payments
Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco, CBC News, May 3, 2020 Some Ontarians who rely on provincial disability support say the federal government’s new emergency benefit for people affected by COVID-19 is laying bare a double standard when it comes to the question of what’s considered a livable income. The federal government’s Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) provides about…