New COVID-relief programs could cost upwards of $14.6-billion, says PBO

Eligible workers are now being directed to three COVID relief programs, which the office projected could cost a total of $14.64-billion this year and $5.84-billion in 2021-22.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux, pictured on Sept. 29, and his office are projecting that a four-week extension of the now-defunct Canada Emergency Response Benefit could cost Ottawa an additional $5.36-billion this year.Photograph courtesy of Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer screengrab

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BY PALAK MANGAT

October 7, 2020

A four-week extension of the now-defunct Canada Emergency Response Benefit could cost Ottawa an additional $5.36-billion this year, according to a new

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