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  1. Raising the minimum wage is not the right policy to help B.C.’s working poor

    In a recent opinion piece, Irene Lanzinger, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, argued that British Columbia should establish a $15 minimum wage to help fight poverty. Helping the working poor is of course a laudable goal, but ...

  2. Misguided minimum wage policies miss their target, hurt low-skilled workers

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 7, 2016 Governments across the country have been hiking their minimum wage. Last year, every Canadian province except for New Brunswick (which has an increase planned for this year) hiked its minimum wage. And campaigns ...

  3. Raising the Minimum Wage: Misguided Policy, Unintended Consequences

    Proposals to increase the minimum wage have re-emerged in provinces across the country. For instance, the Alberta government recently pledged to hike the provincial minimum wage from $10.20 to $15 per hour by 2018, already taking the first step with a $1 ...