Feds’ move to cancel CERB clawback long overdue, say critics

Had the government dug into its earlier position, says NDP MP Peter Julian, it would have flown in the face of an NDP motion in April that had the support of Parliament, that said those who had claimed pandemic-relief benefits in 'good faith' won't be 'unjustly penalized.'

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, left, announced the government would not be requiring some self-employed Canadians to repay benefits they were ineligible for, a move that NDP MP Peter Julian, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, and Conservative MP Michael Cooper say shouldn't have been made when it became apparent the government was at fault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and file photograph

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

February 17, 2021

The government’s decision to forgo clawing back pandemic income-benefit payments to ineligible applicants after resisting pressure to reconsider was long overdue, say opposition critics who say it needlessly put thousands of Canadians through undue hardship. ...

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