Nearly six million people have applied for COVID-19 emergency aid benefits in the past month. The total figure of nearly six million includes those who applied through the employment insurance (EI) process, which will be streamed through CERB for the first four months. To date, close to 5.4 million of those six million aid claims have been processed. Poilievre suggested businesses could receive their wage subsidy payments through banks and credit unions, which could get the money flowing in days rather than several weeks. He said emergency aid programs should always make people better off when they continue to work and contribute to the Canadian economy.

Source: CBC News April 13, 2020 15:00 UTC