The Minimum Wage Increase In 5 Provinces Isn’t Enough (The Maple)

On October 1, low-wage workers in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island got a much-needed raise when the governments in these provinces increased their minimum wages. 

As workers across the country continue to struggle with a cost-of-living crisis, unaffordable housing and inflated food prices, a boost to minimum pay rates is welcomed, though insufficient.

Other provinces, territories and the federal government adjusted their minimum wage rates earlier in the year. 

As of now, this is how the minimum wage stacks up across Canada’s 14 jurisdictions ...

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