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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
As for the CERB payments that people didn't qualify for, a lot of it stems from people who applied for EI after covid hit. They were funneled into CERB to streamline the overloaded system, and not given the choice to just be on EI, which they did qualify for. They are now being dinged for a mandatory payback of the CERB funds into the system.
It's not all fraud by unscrupulous people, most of the money being clawed back is because of a forced inclusion into CERB by the federal government. I've heard a few stories from angry people, and they are all generally the same.
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There is also a very high degree of Government incompetence coupled with a very, very high degree of civilian incompetence.
I had a client who complained that he had to repay his CERB benefits.
His coffee buddies told him to apply for 'free money.'
He is collecting a pension from AGT. Thats how long he's been retired.