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Federal government is making changes to the $1,000 sickness benefit: PM Trudeau
BY , Jan 5, 2021 9:30 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, July 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS-Sean Kilpatrick
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians who have travelled abroad should not expect to collect a benefit for people who have to isolate themselves.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is making changes to the $1,000 sickness benefit.
He says the program is for workers who have to quarantine because they are sick or have had close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19.
Trudeau says the point was never to subsidize vacations and he's frustrated and angry that non-essential travellers might have claimed the benefit.
The government will revise the rules to make it clear they're not eligible but Trudeau hasn't said when that will be done.
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