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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 1, 2023 3:38 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s minimum wage rises today to $16.55 an hour. The increase is tied to inflation, and is up 6.8 per cent from the previous rate of $15.50 an hour. The province …
Read More »N.S. affordability crisis deepens as gap between living wage, minimum wage grows: report – Halifax
A new report indicates Nova Scotia’s minimum wage is getting increasingly more difficult for people to live on, as the rising cost of basic necessities continues to outpace pay increases. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ annual living wage report calculates what two adults working full-time would have to earn …
Read More »‘We can do it today’: Manitoba has resources to address shocking child poverty rate, advocates say – Winnipeg
More than 20 per cent of Manitoban children live in poverty, according to a new report, but stakeholders and opposition leaders argue the province has the resources to combat this. The report, called Poverty, the Pandemic and the Province, shows Manitoba’s child poverty rate is 20.68 per cent, more than …
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