More than 246,000 Manitobans have taken advantage of Canada's emergency benefit payments during the pandemic. That's over one-third of the province's total workforce, said Phil Cyrenne, an economics professor at the University of Winnipeg. A total of 246,440 Manitobans have tapped into the benefit, and nearly half of those are under the age of 35. "You learn a lot about yourself and you learn a lot about work habits by having jobs. The data doesn't break down the amount of payments in each province or territory.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2020 14:23 UTC