Posted on April 28 2020
The students who are affected by the COVID-19 crisis in Canada are getting the Canadian government’s support. Canada is known for its timely and generous policies for its people in the pandemic crisis period. The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that affected students will be able to claim a new Canada Emergency Student Benefit soon. This will be a great help to the students and recent graduates whose prospects of education and employment are hampered by the pandemic.
This plan is, in fact, the part of a $9 billion package that is used to implement measures aimed at helping youngsters. With this new measure, eligible post-secondary students will get $1,250 a month as assistance. This will be made available from May 2020 to August 2020. In case, the recipient is looking after someone with a disability, the amount increases to $1,750.
The ones eligible for this assistance are those students who are:
Mr. Trudeau Is making efforts to get a bill passed as soon as possible to implement the new program for students. In addition to this, the government is also working on:
Though these measures may not solve all the problems students are facing, they will do what they can to help them survive the present crisis. While these measures address the Canadian native students only, there are measures announced for international students too. These students have reached Canada on a student visa.
They will be allowed to work more than 20 hours a week, which is currently the maximum allowed for them while their classes are ongoing. The condition here is however that they should be working in an essential service such as food supply, healthcare, critical infrastructure, or supply of critical goods.
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