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Minimum wage hike will 'shrink' Niagara's tender fruit industry: report

Welland Tribune - Tiffany Mayer - ‎Nov 30, 2009‎
The problem, Mussell said, is that minimum wage increases have come quickly for growers in the edible horticulture industry, which relies on manual labour. ...

Two-tiered minimum wage: is it fair?

Charlottetown, The Guardian - ‎Nov 30, 2009‎
Ontario's minimum wage is $9.50 an hour, but students make only $8.90 an hour. Supporters of the idea say this rewards experience and gives inexperienced ...

Wage hike spells disaster for growers

BetterFarming.com - Susan Mann - ‎Nov 24, 2009‎
Ontario's horticultural industry will face a catastrophe if the provincial government doesn't offset next year's planned minimum wage increase ...

Working poor deserve humane policies

Edmonton Journal - Sharyn Greshner - ‎Nov 30, 2009‎
Government and industry justify a minimum wage, but Alberta's $8.80-per-hour wage is not a $12-per-hour living wage. The issue for the working poor, ...

Child poverty affects future leaders

Victoria Times Colonist - ‎Nov 28, 2009‎
Many of our young people are young parents who are earning minimum wage in our province. Many of our single parents are barely surviving on minimum wage. ...

Child poverty progress too slow over two decades

Newsdurhamregion.com - ‎Nov 25, 2009‎
However, the minimum wage has been boosted substantially over the last seven years, a provincial initiative. Yet there is much to be done. ...
2009 Report Card on Child Poverty in Ontario Canada NewsWire (press release)

Donations needed for hampers

Peterborough Examiner - ‎Nov 27, 2009‎
... go to those on Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program and Employment Insurance, as well as people who work 40 hours per week on minimum wage, ...

The Canadian Federation of Students' AGM: A reformer's perspective

Rabble.ca - ‎Nov 30, 2009‎
The aggressive and drastic changes included one to reform staff salaries to reflect minimum-wage scale (which was preceded by a jab at the CFS's minimum ...

Using McGuinty's Figures HST will result in 72000 Few Jobs Created Annually

Net Newsledger - James Murray - ‎Nov 24, 2009‎
Or are they minimum wage jobs? That specific is missing. It also doesn't explain when those jobs will be created over the ten year period? ...

Workers hungry for higher wages

Toronto Sun - Mindelle Jacobs - ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
Sure, only 5% of Canadian workers earn minimum wage, but 21% of them toiled for less than $12 an hour last year. That's three million Canadians stuck in ...
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