HappySqurriel on 06 February 2013
In Alberta our minimum wage is $9.75 per hour, even McDonalds pays $11.92 an hour, and we have to import people from the Philippines to take these jobs because we have a massive labour shortage ...
People getting a decent wage has nothing to do with what the government sets the mimum wage to and everything to do with having an economy that is strong. Unfortunately, this simple concept is completely lost on those who always argue for a higher minimum wage; and they are always surprised to find out that the youth unemployment rate skyrockets in regions where they increase the minimum wage beyond what the market will support.
