measuring poverty

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Minimum wage hike won’t reduce poverty in Nova Scotia

An estimated 91 per cent of minimum wage earners in the province do not live in low-income households.


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Higher minimum wages do not lower poverty rates

The youth employment rate fell by a full point in Ontario between late 2017 and early 2020.


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B.C. minimum wage hike may actually hurt workers it’s designed to help

The Horgan government raised the province’s minimum wage to $14.60.