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  1. A higher minimum wage could hurt working Ontarians

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 17, 2017 As part of a wider set of labour policy changes, the Wynne government may increase Ontario’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, up from the current level of $11.40. The intention is to help lower-income workers and their ...

  2. Raising the minimum wage is not the right policy to help struggling families

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun The B.C. government recently announced it will increase the minimum wage in September to $10.45 per hour. Thereafter, annual increases will be automatically pegged at the rate of inflation. Shortly after the announcement, ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...