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1. Three reasons why Alberta’s minimum wage hike is misguided

   Today, the Alberta government is hiking the minimum wage from $10.20 to $11.20, as part of its plan to raise the rate to $15 per hour by 2018. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a list of three key reasons why raising the minimum ...

2. How have Alberta’s young adults fared?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald When any new government takes power, temptations abound to do something different, merely to distinguish itself from the regime it replaced. That’s understandable political behaviour but overhaul too much on policy and you ...

3. What’s Wrong with Alberta Aggressively Increasing the Minimum Wage?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald The new NDP government in Alberta has indicated that it will aggressively increase the province’s minimum wage from $10.20 to $15 per hour over the next three years. There are a number of problems with this campaign promise ...