https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-trudeaus-covid-response-shows-money-can-buy-the-affection-of-voters
"...But the data suggests that the government went far beyond merely replacing lost income. This was either done deliberately, in order to reap the political benefits, or unintentionally, which raises questions of competence.
...Transfers to households where the main income earner was younger than 35 rose from $11,584 for the whole of 2019 to $17,006 for the first three quarters of last year. “Younger people got the CERB and the student benefit, regardless of whether they needed it – $5,000 just for being young,” said Cross."
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