minimum wage

The planned increases have generated significant public debate, including the predictable circulation of exaggerated claims about the supposed harmful effects of minimum wage increases and stereotypes of who will benefit. I’d like to use recent economic research on minimum wage hikes to debunk five of the most common claims, using examples from several Canadian provinces.

Protests, labour unrest and a public feud between Tim Hortons and the premier of Ontario have erupted in the wake of the province’s recent minimum wage hike, raising questions about the wisdom of raising the standard by 30 per cent in just two years.

A social media movement encouraged people to join "No Timmies Tuesday" on Jan. 9 and instead visit independent coffee shops.

Premier John Horgan says addressing British Columbia's housing crisis is his government's top priority in 2018, but it's not the only pressing concern on his minority New Democrat government's to-do list.

Jacinda Ardern's plan is for New Zealand to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the year 2050.

Canada is pushing for the inclusion of enforceable, progressive labour standards in a rewritten North American Free Trade Agreement.

The four men vying for the leadership of Alberta's new UCP focused their attacks on Alberta's NDP government and Justin Trudeau rather than each other during the first official debate on Wednesday.

Major labour law changes, including a $15 minimum wage, and marijuana will be on the front burner as Ontario's legislature returns from its summer break on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

The B.C. government says it's planning to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021.

Ontario's bid to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour — a move that is feared by businesses but has the support of some prominent economists — is being put to the public this week.

Brian Pallister will be working with other premiers to promote free trade during a trip to Washington, but he's taken aim at the Alberta and Ontario governments in a video posted online.

An NDP minority government in British Columbia would be hard pressed to make good on all the plans it has laid out in an agreement with the BC Green Party, experts say.

Some business leaders in Canada expressed concerns on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, that the fallout from British Columbia's election is discouraging the private sector from investing in the province.

Hourly wages expanded by 0.7 per cent in April, the slowest year−over−year growth since the federal agency started collecting that data in January 1997.

The Liberal government's plan to move ahead on marijuana legalization is up in smoke.