Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan

Support for individuals and families

• Increasing the Canada Child Benefit
• Special Goods and Services Tax credit payment
• Extra time to file income tax returns
• Mortgage support

Support for people who are sick, quarantined, or in directed self-isolation

• The new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
• Improved access to Employment Insurance sickness benefits

Support for people who need it most

• A new Indigenous Community Support Fund
• Enhancing the Reaching Home initiative
• Support for women’s shelters and sexual assault centres

Support for students and recent graduates

• A moratorium on the repayment of Canada Student Loans