Federal government: 

• The federal government is changing the CERB eligibility rules to:
  • Allow people to earn up to $1,000 per month while collecting the CERB 
  • Extend the CERB to seasonal workers who have exhausted their EI regular benefits and are unable to undertake their usual seasonal work 
  • Extend the CERB to workers who recently exhausted their EI regular benefits and are unable to find a job or return to work 
• The government will work with provinces and territories through a new transfer to cost-share a temporary top-up to the salaries of workers deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19, who make less than $2,500 a month 

Prince Edward Island: 

The province announced enhanced employment and economic opportunities for Island students impacted by COVID-19: 

• The province will support the creation of 1,000 new job placements for Island high school and post-secondary students through increases to current employment programs and partnerships with community and industry
• The province also announced enhancements through the Jobs for Youth Program to community, environment, and non-government organizations to create 280 student employment opportunities
• The province also announced an increase to private sector wage subsidies through the Employment Development Agency. The subsidy will increase from 50 per cent of wages to 75 per cent of wages 
• The province announced an expansion of the Post-Secondary Employment Program through Skills PEI. The program supports 100 per cent of student wages for government and non-government organizations and will now support 75 per cent wage funding for the private sector, up from 50 per cent. The Post-Secondary Employment Program will create up to 320 new positions 
• To increase the COVID-related supports provided by the province’s post-secondary institutions to students in immediate need, Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning Brad Trivers announced a total of $95,000 to support the UPEI Student Union, Holland College and Collège de l’Île 
• The province also announced a partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island to develop a $75,000 research fund for students wishing to pursue opportunities in their respective fields of interest 

Quebec: 

• The province announced additional funding of $20 million to help community organizations 

Ontario: 

• The province is developing a new health data platform called the Pandemic Threat Response (PANTHR) 
  • This new platform will hold secure health data that will allow researchers to better support health system planning and responsiveness, including the immediate need to analyze the current COVID-19 outbreak 
• The COVID-19 Action Plan: Long-Term Care Homes was announced today 

Manitoba: 

• The province officially adopted the New West Partnership Trade Agreement 
• Will bring the province new opportunities for private-sector investment and job creation 
• The New West Partnership Trade Agreement commits each of the four western provinces to enhance trade, investment and labour mobility, and to remove barriers to the movement of goods, services, investment and people within and between the jurisdictions