minimum wage hikes

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For every 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage, youth employment drops by three to six per cent.


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Ontario’s hourly wage floor will climb from $11.40 today to $15 in 2019.


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While it might not appear so, a higher minimum wage is effectively a tax.


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In B.C., the vast majority of minimum wage workers live with their parents or other relatives.


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Study found that increasing the minimum wage reduced the employment rate among low-skilled workers by 5.6 percentage points.


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The BC Federation of Labour is out in full force with its latest campaign to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 from the current $10.25 per hour.