“Successfully applied for the #CERB at 6.01am … Fully expected it to crash.
Easy as pie,” tweeted one applicant at 7:26 a.m. who goes by the moniker Suburban Voyeur on Twitter.
Since March 15, the government has received a staggering 3.7 million claims for employment insurance (EI) and the CERB, illustrating just how severe the coronavirus-related unemployment crisis is.
“I logged into my CRA account, and the application was there to be completed,” she said.
The final step was a warning message indicating that any money falsely claimed would have to be paid back.
“I’m considering applying for CERB, because I’ve been cut off from EI and can’t get a job because of this pandemic.”.
It’s tricky, but the government is hearing this, and they are in the process of repairing these holes.”. »