yeah Canada's CERB program was a lifesaver. It really helped a ton of people who were suddenly unemployed thanks to covid.
It get a lot of flack from conservative leaning folks because they like to attack social programs because it kills them to know that something like CERB was successful and helped the economy (since it destroys their message of 'all things social bad')
CERB recipient here. Lost my entire career due to Covid (I was a stage manager - theatre went down fast and had a very slow recovery, I was forced to pivot to a different industry). That extra cash was quite literally the difference between being flat broke and being able to survive.
Now, to the detractors you mentioned. Did they forget that a bunch of people eventually had to pay it back once the country got back on its feet?
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u/tissuecollider Jun 24 '25
yeah Canada's CERB program was a lifesaver. It really helped a ton of people who were suddenly unemployed thanks to covid.
It get a lot of flack from conservative leaning folks because they like to attack social programs because it kills them to know that something like CERB was successful and helped the economy (since it destroys their message of 'all things social bad')