Mr. Graham Flack at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On April 24th, 2020. See this statement in context.

April 24th, 2020 / 11:15 a.m.

Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development, Department of Employment and Social Development

I can give you a couple of answers that could help.

The first is that, based on labour force survey data, 43% of Canadian students of the slightly over two million students in Canada over 15 with income over $5,000 would have been working in February. A very significant portion of post-secondary students are eligible for the CERB, and are applying for the CERB, because they would have ceased working as a result of measures due to COVID.

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