As part of its Economic Response Plan, the Canadian government introduced Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) where a taxable benefit of $2000 a month is provided for up to 4 months to eligible workers who have lost their income due to COVID-19. The CERB results in

Select one:

a. Reducing both efficiency and equity

b. increasing equity at the expense of efficiency

c. increasing efficiency at the expense of equity

d. Increasing both efficiency and equity