By making labour more expensive, the minimum wage reduces employment.
low-income
February 9, 2022
10:20AM
Sixty per cent of the bottom 20 per cent of taxpaying families with children now pay $233 more (on average) in federal income taxes.
December 15, 2021
9:18AM
Minimum wage increases can lead to employment losses for the least advantaged members of the labour force.
November 22, 2021
9:42AM
More than half of Canadians earning the minimum wage are between the ages of 15 and 24.
October 26, 2021
9:38AM
The Nobel apparently endorsed a paper that contradicts the vast majority of research on minimum wages and job losses.
October 13, 2021
11:09AM
The restaurant industry has suffered enormously from the pandemic and government restrictions.
July 5, 2021
9:26AM
B.C. could fund independent schools like they do public schools or offer vouchers.
June 20, 2018
9:44AM
Raising Ontario’s minimum wage is an ineffective way of fighting poverty because it fails to target the people who need help the most.