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1. Ontario's minimum wage hike is evidence-free policy

   Appeared in the Huffington Post After several months of labour activists putting pressure on the Ontario government to increase the provincial minimum wage, Premier Kathleen Wynne finally succumbed and announced that she will increase it to $11 per hour ...

2. Government legislated pay doesn't help the most vulnerable workers

   Appeared in the Financial Post What a world it would be if governments could simply legislate higher pay for low-wage workers without any ill effects. But we live in the real world and here public policy should be informed by evidence, not just good ...

3. Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws

   Living wage laws are a relatively new policy that gained prominence in American cities starting in the mid-1990s. Currently more than 140 American municipalities have a living wage law. In 2011, the City of New Westminster in British Columbia became the ...

4. Living Wages decrease employment and increase property taxes

   Appeared in the Terrace Standard Terrace city council recently shelved a proposal to implement a living wage policy. Terrace taxpayers should hope it stays shelved. A living wage is a minimum hourly wage that is supposed to be pegged to the level at which ...