Request for #mutualaid

The Canadian government has decided that I need to pay back $2000 of the COVID relief payment (#cerb) they sent me, and they've decided the best way to do that is to garnish my current EI payments.

I don't believe I rightly owe this money, and I don't know how I'll make rent etc. If this keeps up.

Every little bit helps

https://gofund.me/9f90a36e

Obviously it should go without saying that any #BigOil company that sold their #OrphanWells to companies all knew couldn't pay for the cleanup should not only not get one cent of this 20 billion but no federal #CCS $ either. Same with oil companies that took #CERB then turned around and offered #ShareBuyBacks to investors. Fool me once...

#abpoli #ableg #DanielleSmith #NDP #cdnpoli #OILigarchy https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/bankrupt-oil-companies-are-saddling-alberta-landowners-with-orphan-wells/

#UniversalBasicIncome in #Alberta: Is now the time?

#CERB has a lot in common with the concept of Universal Basic Income...though they’re different from each other, the main idea is the same: a government puts a set amount of money into the pockets of citizens, monthly or annually. The goal is to eliminate poverty, grow the middle class, and boost the economy, according to #UBIWorks, a group that advocates for the policy.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

https://calgaryjournal.ca/2021/02/08/universal-basic-income-in-alberta-is-now-the-time/

"Canadian Businesses Took Pandemic Benefits to the Bank and Left Workers Holding the Bag

Employers took billions from the Canadian government in wage support funds, and many of them continued to pay CEOs millions and issue dividends. Yet the government is now looking for payback from workers, not bosses."

https://jacobin.com/2022/12/canadian-business-pandemic-support-funds-audit #cdnpoli #CERB #Oligarchy

This ODSP recipient qualified for CERB. Now the CRA wants it back https://bit.ly/3OzW6uQ #ODSP #CERB #CRA #onpoli #cdnpoli

Indigenous businesses faced barriers accessing COVID-19 relief programs, survey finds | CBC News https://bit.ly/3dgTdP4 #FirstNations #CERB #Indigenous #SmallBusiness #cdnpoli

#Hamilton, #Ontario: Keep your CERB, keep your rent! No bailout for landlords - Read here: https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/04/29/hamilton-ontario-keep-your-cerb-keep-your-rent-no-bailout-for-landlords/ #ON #rentstrike2020 #RentStrike #CERB #COVID19ON #COVID19Ontario #COVID19 #lockdown #lockdownontario #CoronaCrisis #coronavirus