Canada Emergency Response Benefit and Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit Remission Order

Canada Emergency Response Benefit and Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit Remission Order His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada in Council, considering that the collection of certain overpayments and certain payments is unreasonable and unjust, on the recommendation of the Minister of Employment and Social Development and the Treasury Board, pursuant to subsection 23(2.1)a of the Financial Administration Actb, makes the annexed Canada Emergency Response Benefit and Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit Remission Order. S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2) R.S., c. F-11 Remission — Canada emergency response benefit Remission of overpayments of income support that are repaid or to be repaid under subsection 12(1) of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act is granted to any person who meets the following conditions: the person would have been eligible to receive the income support payment if their self-employment gross income had been taken into account for the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition worker in section 2 of that Act; and the person has filed with the Minister of National Revenue, not later than December 31, 2022, a return of income under the Income Tax Act in respect of the 2019 and 2020 taxation years. Claim If the person has repaid the overpayment, remission is granted only if they make a claim for remission in writing to the Minister of Employment and Social Development. Remission — employment insurance emergency response benefit Remission of employment insurance emergency response benefit payments that are repaid or to be repaid under section 43 of the Employment Insurance Act, or that are returned or to be returned under section 44 of that Act, is granted to any person who meets the following conditions: the person would have been eligible for the employment insurance emergency response benefit if their self-employment gross income had been insurable earnings for the purpose of subparagraphs 153.9(1)(a)(iii) and (c)(iii) of that Act; and If the person has repaid or returned the payment, remission is granted only if they make a claim for remission in writing to the Minister of Employment and Social Development. Coming into force This Order comes into force on the day on which it is made.