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Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

The federal minimum wage is the lowest wage at which employers may pay their employees. The Liberal government eliminated Canada's federal minimum wage in 1996. Each province and territory now sets their own minimum wage which range from $10.50 per hour to 12.50 per hour.

60%
Yes
39%
No
52%
Yes
34%
No
5%
Yes, and adjust it every year according to inflation
3%
No, this will only cause prices to increase in a never ending cycle
3%
Yes, and make it a living wage
2%
No, most minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience, not support a family
0%
No, and eliminate all wage standards

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 @8P54VC4from British Columbia answered…3yrs3Y

No, leave it up to the Provinces

 @8FZ4NNDfrom Ontario answered…4yrs4Y

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

 @8CM5QDJfrom Ontario answered…4yrs4Y

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.

 @9LNKFH5from Ontario answered…4 days4D

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

 @9L5R7PFfrom Alberta answered…4wks4W

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.

 @98PQTLXfrom Ontario answered…1yr1Y

No because increasing the minimum wage cause business owners to pay for their labor costs with low employment

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4wks4W

Mass Layoffs At California Restaurants Ahead Of $20 Hourly Wage Mandate

California restaurants are reportedly laying off staff and reducing hours for other team members in an effort to cut costs ahead of a California state law taking effect on April 1 that will raise fast-food workers’ hourly wage to $20.In the months leading up to the wage mandate, California eateries, particularly pizza joints, have established a plan to cut jobs, according to state records obtained by The Wall Street Journal.Pizza Hut and Round Table Pizza — a Menlo Park, Calif.-founded chain of 400 pizza parlors, mostly on the West Coast — have said they plan to lay off around 1,280 delivery drivers this year, according to records that major employers must submit to the state before large layoffs, The Journal reported.Pizza Hut already sent notices to employees informing them of their last day.Michael Ojeda, a Pizza Hut driver for eight years in Ontario, Calif., received one of the notes from Pizza Hut franchisee Southern California Pizza in December telling him that his last day of work would be in February.Southern California Pizza — which operates 224 Pizza Huts in the greater Los Angeles area — offered $400 in severance if Ojeda stayed through February, according to The Journal.But Ojeda, who told the outlet that he made hundreds of dollars a week in wages and tips as a delivery driver, decided to claim unemployment instead. “Pizza Hut was my career for nearly a decade and with little to no notice it was taken away,” said 29-year-old Ojeda, who was supporting his mother and partner on his Pizza Hut delivery wages.

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