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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 ...
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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 ...