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Renewed Controversy Over the Nobel for Economics
The Nobel apparently endorsed a paper that contradicts the vast majority of research on minimum wages and job losses.

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Tipping servers still makes sense

The restaurant industry has suffered enormously from the pandemic and government restrictions.


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Time to rethink using the minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario

It’s unclear whether Doug Ford’s PC government will maintain last January’s increase from $11.60 to $14.


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Minimum wage hike wrong way to support single parents

For many young people, a minimum wage job is a first step on the economic ladder.


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The Canada Workers Benefit provides cash transfers to working Canadians below a certain income.


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In 2013, 30 per cent of households earning $27,000 or less had to devote 10 per cent or more of their expenditures to energy.