By making labour more expensive, the minimum wage reduces employment.
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January 6, 2022
12:05PM
Unions raise wages by limiting the supply of labour.
December 22, 2021
11:15AM
Minimum wage legislation reduces employment and non-wage benefits such as skills training.
December 15, 2021
9:18AM
Minimum wage increases can lead to employment losses for the least advantaged members of the labour force.
November 25, 2021
9:29AM
An estimated 91 per cent of minimum wage earners in the province do not live in low-income households.
November 22, 2021
9:42AM
More than half of Canadians earning the minimum wage are between the ages of 15 and 24.
November 10, 2021
11:14AM
Over the past decade, the Alberta government has raised the minimum wage by 46 per cent.
October 26, 2021
9:38AM
The Nobel apparently endorsed a paper that contradicts the vast majority of research on minimum wages and job losses.
March 16, 2021
1:40PM
The youth employment rate fell by a full point in Ontario between late 2017 and early 2020.