The federal government estimates four million people will be moved onto employment insurance when the Canada Emergency Response Benefit starts winding down.

Ottawa will also create a 'transitional, parallel benefit' for people who don't qualify for Employment Insurance, like contract and gig workers, the prime minister said.

Some 86 per cent of Canadians say CERB did a good job. Pollster Darrell Bricker says he expects party platforms will address universal income in the next federal election.

Canada's employment minister vowed again recently that a fix was coming to help those women qualify for employment insurance, but told MPs it's complicated.

The B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers is a one-time, tax-free $1,000 payment for people who have been unable to work as a result of the crisis. 

How much a targeted basic income should be is always a "social and political question," according to one economist.

In one part of Newfoundland and Labrador, one in four persons in the work force were receiving employment insurance benefits in February, more than 10 times the national average.

An estimated 700,000 Canadians who were out of a job before COVIF-19 struck do not qualify for CERB, one analysis shows.

The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour says more needs to be done for those who don't benefit from Employment Insurance or the new Canada Emergency Response Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anyone who applied for EI after March 15 will get flat-rate of $500 a week through the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, Global News has learned.