Toronto Star readers defend millennial who spent CERB money on bud, Botox and booze

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Yet I don’t see “just getting by” listed in how millennials are spending their CERB money. This week’s subject, “Elena,” is receiving CERB after losing her part-time serving job several months ago. Even more importantly, financial decisions are personal and people can do what they want with their money. Toronto Star readers took to Twitter on July 27 to express their outrage toward what they’re calling “CERB-shaming” in a recent segment of its sometimes-controversial Millennial Money series, in which the spending habits of an anonymous, volunteer between the ages of 22 and 28 are revealed to readers. Th irritation was palpable as Elena’s fellow millennials started to weigh in. “I’m a millennial, $1500/2000 goes to rent, groceries, cat food, phone bill & car insurance.

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Weed sales have skyrocketed in Canada and the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic sent people into lockdown, and it isn’t surprising that some laid-off workers are spending a portion of their Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) cash on cannabis.

Toronto Star readers took to Twitter on July 27 to express their outrage toward what they’re calling “CERB-shaming” in a...

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