Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

it is high enough, and if you cannot support your family with a job at mcdonalds, find a better job. plenty of jobs in the oilfeild.

Yes and no, it should be raised currently due to the last 20 years of neglecting increasing the wage, however after it’s at a liveable wage adjust to inflation, because it also causes lots of other jobs less as valued and drives inflation up

If minimum wages were to rise, you wouldn't be making any more money because stores would raise prices to meet your new wages

No, leave it up to the Provinces

Yes, and adjust it every year according to inflation, and implement UBI into the system

No, however minimum wage should be based on age and your situation. If you are living at home, you should not be making the same as someone who is on their own.

No lower it, students will lose less money but it will help in the future for us with taxes and prices

Yes and no, there should be adjustments according to inflation, but prices have already increased in a never ending cycle for so long... and we should bare in mind that lower-wage jobs are mostly for experience. There has been inconsistencies with payments from companies and level of experience...so there needs to be wage regulations instead of an exact minimum wage on all factors.

Pay should be based on one's responsibility. Minimum wage is for someone with minimum responsibilities.

No and lower the minimum wage.

Yes, or adjust the prices of things so that you actually could survive comfortably on minimum wage

it should at least be enough to live comfortably, this time in life everything is so much more expensive.

Have a different minimum wage for each province, adjusted to each province depending on its economy.

No, this would lay off thousands of people and contribute to a higher unemployment rate businesses only have a certain amount of money they can pay to people this would be harmful to the economy

Adjust for inflation and remove foreign workers competing for skilled jobs. Tax write offs for training workers.

It probably won’t have a large effect due to price increase in a never ending cycle, but i guess as it is its fine.

No, the government should instead give a mandatory promotion/raise to workers every six months if they have shown good work ethic.

Due to inflation, the minimum wage makes it extremely hard to afford living on your own for most people

Raise minimum wage temporarily while making that publicly and widely known then work heavily on reducing and reverting inflation

There should be minor minimum wage lower than the current minimum. There should also be an adult minimum wage that is a living wage.

There be minor minimum wage lower than current minimum. There should also be an adult minimum wage that is a living wage.

Yes, it should be aligned with the cost of living. BC is near impossible for the younger generations to get by on day to day. However, with a raise to minimum wage, the current working people should also see this reflect their current wages. Ex: minimum wages raised by 3%, all current working class (people making less than 100k/year) should also receive a wage increase of 3%.

Yes and adjust all other wages to reflect this. People that have been working for decades wait for raises to reflect the cost of living while people making minimum wage simply walk into a living wage. It’s completely unbalanced.

If minimum wage does increase, those already working must get the same increase percentage in their current wage.

i think there shouldnt be inflation if minimum wage goes up then businesses blunder, and corporations take over. I think the rental market and inflation should calm down.

No, the government should focus more on keeping the cost of living down so wages don't have to keep going up.

Increase slowly over time. Perhaps by job type/ age. Jobs meant to develop experience, not to support people independently ( summer student, or part time student job) don’t need to be a living wage.

it would be nice if they could raise it according to the living wage and inflation but its not sustainable if they do

The cost of living is different in different provinces and territories, so the provinces and territories should set their own minimum wages. A federal minimum wage would be unfair to workers in the most expensive parts of Canada.

Yes, but the wages for non federal workers need to be raised as well so that everyone can make a livable wage.

Neither, efforts need to be made to combat the cost of living, not Band-Aid the problem with minimum wage.

Yes make it a living wage that gets adjusted according to inflation

Let each province decide its minimum wage

yes and raise youth wages as well, youth are doing the same work with relatively the same amount of hours only too make less.

No, we should remove minimum wage and intrude a Universal Basic Income (UBI)

If you work at tims you don’t need more than minimum wage

Regardless, wages should be adjusted to each age group (14 or younger, 15-17, 18+). Citizens 18+ should have a "living wage" (enough to afford expense, help pay for school, etc.)

Minimum wage has not increased since the 1960's. Focusing on increasing affordability and reducing corporate profits should be a priority.

Minimum wage is not meant to support a family but there isn't enough money right now for someone to go to post secondary school to better themselves

Yes, make it a living wage based on where they reside and adjust it every year according to inflation

No, if the government wants to assist minimum wage workers, they ought to create a subsidy to prevent the arbitrary inflation of goods and services which accompanies minimum wage increases.

Stop taking their money so people can live off minimum wage. It shouldn't fall on companies to pay more to compensate for government greed

No. Minimum wages should be adjusted based on regional living costs and should also be pegged to inflation.

They should adjust it to age group knowing that some refugees don’t get jobs until they have a permit and some simply cannot get jobs because of eithier racism, homophobia and many other reasons, and need to support their family

Minimum wage jobs should be able to support the cost of living for one person with some extra money but not for a family.

No, it's discouraging participation in the global economy in a strange way. Instead ensure that safety and pollution policies are more strictly enforced. If people can't afford to live then other parts of the system are broken or we're exploiting our position as a world leader to maintain an unfairly high standard of living for our citizens.

I believe we need to decrease inflation, so a living wage is more affordable, prices won't continue to rise for fair pay and to be better on workers' rights, living wages should still be made, but it depends on if it's for experience, pocket money, or for a household.

I am satisfied with current minimum wage.

The government should research living wages in each community and refuse business tax deductions from employers who pay their workers less

No, the government needs to focus on the lower cost of living.

Only for bigger companies who make a lot in a year.

Not for new businesses but for well established or lrage rich comapnys, they should

Every worker should make enough money for food, rent and housing.

No, but minimum wage should only be permitted to be paid for unskilled part time work. Employers should be mandated to increase wages compensatorily to training and performance.

Replace minimum wages with Universal Basic Income

Replace minimum wages with UBI

It should be raised every 40 months

Yes, but in small steady amounts over time. Otherwise the inflation will increase because of the workers wages too.

No, doing so will create more unemployment in some cases. Hurting those who are already struggling in multiple part-time jobs.

Have a federal minimum wage for people under the age 21 to develop experience, but over 21 they are now on a federal living wage.

Increase all wages. Not just minimum wage. Closing the gap from entry level wage and experience is not the answer

Yes, and directly tie it to inflation to prevent employers from raising the cost of their goods to compensate

Yes but no. Yes because it would help people make more money(I can talk from experience) but no because then everything else gets increased in price

No, they should start making life affordable, lower taxes and make house financing affordable, maybe then weĺl be in a better position to make kids, stop bringing in immigrants, we cant even tell were in Canada no more

Minimum wage should be set at local or regional levels since the cost of living can vary greatly. The federal government should mandate a minimum wage calculation that incorporates inflation and pass laws that force all employers to increase wages annual by a minimum of inflation. Corporate pay scales should be required to be public.

Yes but UBI would be more practical. And actually universal. For everyone. As soon as limits are put on access to it people can start to systematically remove it from those in need.

yes, minimum wage should be raised based on inflation rates with by-laws banning companies, businesses from raising their cost of goods to maintain record breaking profits

There should be min wage values for different types of work. This would provide people with disabilities with more employment opportunities and stop prices jump on everything, every time there is a wage increases

No, federal minimum wage should be abolished and each minimum wage should be set by different provinces depending on cost of living, age etc.

This requires a more nuanced approach: A criteria should be developed that jobs/positions must meet to enable employers to only compensate someone with minimum wage. If the job demands exceed the criteria, then it should be illegal for an employer to pay minimum wage for that position. After that, it should be up to the employer to identify the wage(s) it can afford to pay employees.

No, instead they should develop criteria that jobs/positions must meet to enable employers to only compensate someone with minimum wage. If the job demands exceed the criteria, then it should be illegal for an employer to pay minimum wage for that position. After that, it should be up to the employer to identify the wage(s) it can afford to pay employees.

I think that we could raise the price of minimum wages but we would have to also raise everyone else’s cause eventually people will be making more from minimum wage than full-time workers do

No, by continually raising the minimum wage and not raising living wages, narrows the gap and creates a standard that makes it unfair for those who work a full-time job as to those who work part-time. Implying that people should put in half of the work, instead of working a 9-5 job.

No, and eliminate all wage standards. People should be grateful to contribute to the strength of our country and should not need monetary compensation.

No! Canada’s economy is made up of majority small business. They cannot afford to keep increasing minimum wage.

This issue should be decided on the local level due to differences in the costs of living and local economic factors.

Minimum wage must be a livable wage (allowing for a bachelor suite style of living). However, other measures must be taken to prevent out of hand inflation and rent spikes

Raise it a little above a living wage, and keep it always above what a living wage is. No minimum wage, LIVING WAGE

I should be up to the province

Yes, if they are also raising the wages of other Canadians, who have worked hard for what they earn.

There should be universal basic standard of living such as free healthcare, basic housing, education, food, water, etc so that being able to live is not tied to how much income is brought in.

All minimum wage should be increased

People should have a living wage, but the government should put a freeze on goods and services when they become too high

No, but incentivize businesses sell products to fulfill human needs, such as groceries & housing, to lower prices.

Yes and make reasonable policy changes that prevent employers from reducing employee hours and benefits to recover the increased cost of labour

Yes, and they should do something about the insane cost of living.

Case by case. If an individual is a struggling parent there should be additional funds paid out to them or at least give them a living wage.

if the prices go up on cost to living then yes

The raise should only be raised once in a while.

No, the concept of currency is completely arbitrary and should be abolished

it depends on the economic landscape at the time, negative inflation should drive wages flat while high inflation should drive higher taxes for corporation's profits to force wage increases and reinvestment. Higher corporate profit taxes increase funding for social services which have a greater influence on QoL than just higher dollar amounts.

you should earn your raise this life needs hard work

Depends on the intensity and type of job

I t won't change anything sine provinces have there own

It should be raised based on individual circumstances. A single, teenage mother on her own should be payed more than an 16 year old boy who has a stable family. He should not be making more than $10 an hourl.

no its already to high

if the economy keeps rising then yes

minimum wage should be the same in each province and it should be raised with inflation.

no because people who deserve better pay will eventuly get a raise