$636M in CERB benefits paid to 300,000 teens aged 15 to 17
When you know that this money was earned and paid to the government in taxes it's outrageous there was so little oversight as to how the CERB program was run. Huge waste by the Liberals.
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The federal government paid more than 300,000 teenagers, many of them high schoolers, nearly $636 million in benefits over the course of the CERB program, according to documents from the Canada Revenue Agency.
While many Canadian teenagers and youths work before the age of 15 — delivering newspapers or babysitting, for example — the CERB program was available only to those over the age of 15.
The documents show that 40,630 15-year-olds were approved for the benefit. The government paid out $81.2 million for that group. There were 92,784 16-year-olds approved, receiving nearly $186 million, and 184,576 17-year-olds received $369 million.
Some kid making $5K a year ($450) a month was gives $2K a month in emergency benefits..while living at home !!!
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