新闻:《华人女子公开宣称：不领加拿大政府的8000补贴》的相关评论
Eligibility
The benefit will be available to workers:
Residing in Canada, who are at least 15 years old;
Who have stopped working because of COVID-19 and have not voluntarily quit their job;
Who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
Who are or expect to be without employment or self-employment income for at least 14 consecutive days in the initial four-week period. For subsequent benefit periods, they expect to have no employment income.
The Benefit is only available to individuals who stopped work as a result of reasons related to COVID-19. If you are looking for a job but haven’t stopped working because of COVID-19, you are not eligible for the Benefit.
首先，对她的态度表示认同。其次，她未必符合领取的条件。卖掉餐厅暂时没有工作，不等于受到疫情影响不能工作。按文中描述，她是不符合条件的。由于新冠病毒疫情的冲击，很多人失业了。加拿大政府紧急推出失业救济，每个人最多可领8000元，这对困难中的人们无疑雪中送炭。但是，安省一个失业华人饭店老板却在这个节骨眼公开宣称放弃领这笔钱，而且开玩笑说自己——有种！
这个华人饭店老板叫李雯蓓，在安省伦敦市经营五福子云南餐厅，现在已经关门停业了。李雯蓓说，她和丈夫经营这家餐厅6年，生意一直不错。原本计划今年将餐厅转让，因为她有了新的创业计划，谁知遇上了新冠病毒疫情，目前餐厅正在转让交接中。
李雯蓓
李雯蓓说，得知加拿大政府推出失业救济，她挺高兴的，每个月2000虽不多，但毕竟可以给生活减轻不小的压力，因为她和老公双双失业，家里也确实需要这笔钱。但是李雯蓓向来是个爱思考的人，她认为民主并不等于免费，民主是建立在强悍自立的公民意识基础上的，她在看英国电影《对不起，我们错过了你》时发现，在西方社会，哪怕很蓝领的人都很有尊严意识，不轻易接受救济福利的.....于是她问自己：这次的疫情福利，我申请不？
李雯蓓经营的餐厅
李雯蓓说，这次疫情补贴和救济金不太一样，问过自己的会计，会计告诉她，根据她历年的报税记录，她完全符合申请标准。所以，应该她可以申请……她同时问自己，如果申请，以后怎样回报？
李雯蓓与丈夫
她认为，一个强悍自立的公民，没有沦落到需要求助的无力弱者地步的时候，不接受救济是一种宣言和骄傲。
最后她下定决心了，放弃了4个月的每月2000的福利。
李雯蓓说：我肯定算不上富人，但8000块就能让我尝到担当的感觉，就能让我觉得自己很富裕，多快乐啊……我就是要通过放弃8000加币买一种担当的感觉，我的动机就是要看看我自己敢不敢、能不能、真的放弃本可以获得的“钱”——结果是：我还真有种！
李雯蓓经营的餐厅
不过李雯蓓也承认，自己虽然放弃了，但是丈夫领他自己的那一份她不会干预，而且她自己也会申请政府给小企业创业福利——无息贷款，因为她正面临再次创业，确实需要这笔钱。
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Eligibility
The benefit will be available to workers:
Residing in Canada, who are at least 15 years old;
Who have stopped working because of COVID-19 and have not voluntarily quit their job;
Who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
Who are or expect to be without employment or self-employment income for at least 14 consecutive days in the initial four-week period. For subsequent benefit periods, they expect to have no employment income.
The Benefit is only available to individuals who stopped work as a result of reasons related to COVID-19. If you are looking for a job but haven’t stopped working because of COVID-19, you are not eligible for the Benefit.
