poverty

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A 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage leads to, on average, a three to six per cent decline in youth employment.


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After Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $13 per hour, the total number of low-wage jobs declined by 6.8 per cent.


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The vast majority of minimum wage workers—85 per cent—do not live in low-income households.


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The program will provide a single person up to $16,989 per year in tax-free government transfers.

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The Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Report has ranked Venezuela dead last for the past four years.


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In Canada, the Alberta government put forth its own plan for a $15 minimum wage by 2018.


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The percentage of seniors living in low-income has consistently fallen over the past four decades.


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Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage.