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Minimum wage raises in Ont., B.C., fall short of ‘living wage’ in major cities: advocates
Thu, 19 Mar, 2015
An increase in Ontario’s minimum wage, announced by the province Thursday morning, might seem like good news for people wrestling to pay their bills and to make ends meet.
Anti-poverty advocates, however, say the increase of 25 cents won’t do much to alleviate financial woes and will still leave poverty-stricken Ontarians in the dust.
Ontario’s ministry of labour announced that minimum wage in the province will be moving from $11 an hour to $11.25 an hour, effective Oct. 1 this year. The increase follows the province’s announcement last year of raising the minimum wage from $10.25 to the current $11, and promising annual increases would be tied to inflation.
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“While the increase…is appreciated, it’s really not improving the situation in our community for about 30,000 people who go to work every single day and aren’t able to pull themselves or their families out of poverty.”
Link: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/raising-minimum-wage-doesnt-move-people-out-of-205924962.html
An increase in Ontario’s minimum wage, announced by the province Thursday morning, might seem like good news for people wrestling to pay their bills and to make ends meet.
Anti-poverty advocates, however, say the increase of 25 cents won’t do much to alleviate financial woes and will still leave poverty-stricken Ontarians in the dust.
Ontario’s ministry of labour announced that minimum wage in the province will be moving from $11 an hour to $11.25 an hour, effective Oct. 1 this year. The increase follows the province’s announcement last year of raising the minimum wage from $10.25 to the current $11, and promising annual increases would be tied to inflation.
<snip>
“While the increase…is appreciated, it’s really not improving the situation in our community for about 30,000 people who go to work every single day and aren’t able to pull themselves or their families out of poverty.”
Link: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/raising-minimum-wage-doesnt-move-people-out-of-205924962.html