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Politics This Morning: Feds unveil $37-billion plan to extend CERB, expand EI

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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured after she was sworn in for her new post, and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced a $37-billion plan to extend CERB by another month, to expand sick-leave benefits, and to loosen eligibility requirements for EI. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

August 21, 2020

Good Friday morning, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough unveiled a $37-billion plan to extend Canada Emergency Response Benefit by another month, to expand sick-leave benefits, and to loosen eligibility requirements for EI. ...

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