PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE WORK OVER CERB, QUALTROUGH SAYS

Canada’s employment minister says the country’s most recent job figures suggest that low-wage workers will go back to a job if one is available instead of remaining on federal aid. Carla Qualtrough, pictured, says the growth in jobs from May gives her confidence that workers will choose to work when they get an offer and are able to do so. Statistics Canada’s labour force survey for May showed that lower-wage jobs rebounded at a faster rate than the national rate as restrictions meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus started to ease. Speaking at the Senate’s finance committee today, Qualtrough says the finding means people chose to work rather than keep receiving the $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit.