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Tag Archives: minimum wage

Ontario job surge slows, minimum wage hike bites youth employment: MLI Labour Market Report

OTTAWA, ON (September 10, 2019): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Labour Market Report for Q2, 2019 has been released, suggesting a return to employment normalcy following...

 

September 10, 2019 at 8:37 pm read more

Income growth slows following minimum wage hikes: MLI’s Labour Market Report

OTTAWA, ON (October 19, 2018): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Labour Market Report for Q3, 2018, has been released, with key indicators suggesting that minimum wage...

 

October 19, 2018 at 3:13 pm read more
Philip Cross

Wynne’s cynical wage hike proves she’s not really on your side: Cross in Financial Post

The government is broke. Therefore, it is trying to mandate that business spend its own money pursuing the government’s goals, writes Munk Senior...

 

January 12, 2018 at 3:27 pm read more

Can't fault Tim Hortons heirs for cutting worker benefits after wage hike: Cross on BNN

Munk Senior Fellow Philip Cross was on BNN to discuss why the Ontario government should have consulted businesses before the minimum wage hike....

 

January 5, 2018 at 4:49 pm read more

“Doing business in Ontario is becoming more and more expensive”, Philip Cross tells BNN

The provincial government’s hike in the minimum wage is one more factor – along with increased electricity costs, more regulation and higher taxes...

 

July 25, 2017 at 10:37 am read more
Brian Lee Crowley

Ontario’s minimum wage hike a false choice between compassion and economic sense: Brian Lee Crowley in the Ottawa Citizen

The Ontario government’s decision to raise the minimum wage forces us to choose between compassion for the vulnerable and the economic sense of...

 

June 2, 2017 at 12:15 pm read more
Philip Cross

Why the US is getting it right by opposing minimum wage hikes: Philip Cross in the Post

Do minimum wage laws help achieve the goal of less poverty? Does it make sense to impose on businesses the cost of achieving...

 

February 8, 2017 at 11:17 am read more
Brian Lee Crowley

Raising the minimum wage hurts vulnerable workers the most: Crowley in the Globe

Writing in the Globe and Mail, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley says that Alberta’s newly elected NDP government’s plan to raise...

 

May 29, 2015 at 8:17 am read more

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