While it might not appear so, a higher minimum wage is effectively a tax.
Other Topics
If producers are free to manage supplies, then we get healthy competition and lower prices.
Political pressures surrounding attempts to attract or sustain investment from high-profile foreign businesses can be overwhelming.
In B.C., the vast majority of minimum wage workers live with their parents or other relatives.
Annual average job-creation for 2014 to 2016 is below the rate seen during the immediate post-recession recovery period.
The Fraser Institute has been at the fore of publishing work related to pension issues and correcting misconceptions to provide Canadians with better information.
The results of research and analyses are often unexpected.
Part of being free is being free not to participate in the democratic process if you don’t want to.
Is anyone really sorry that the job of door-opener on subways has been made technologically obsolete?
Eighty-eight per cent of minimum-wage earners do not live in a low-income household.
Subscribe to the Fraser Institute
Get the latest news from the Fraser Institute on the latest research studies, news and events.