The federal minimum wage is the lowest wage at which employers may pay their employees. The Liberal government eliminated Canada's federal minimum wage in 1996. Each province and territory now sets their own minimum wage which range from $10.50 per hour to 12.50 per hour.
Narrow down which types of responses you would like to see.
Narrow down the conversation to these participants:
Discussions from these authors are shown:
@3W56PS94yrs4Y
No, Minimum wage should be left to the States
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, this should be decided at the state and local level.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, this should be decided on a state and local level.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but the minimum wage should be raised at the state and local level.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, the minimum wage should be decided at the state and local level.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, this will only benefit companies big enough to afford it
@63ZXW6N3yrs3Y
No because inflation will increase but also each worker should earn enough to live.
@76WTH564yrs4Y
It should be the state's decision but, the federal government should have a minimum cap for how lowinimum wage can be.
@76WTH563yrs3Y
It should be the state's decision but, the federal government should have a minimum cap for how low minimum wage can be.
@7DGZ5Z75yrs5Y
Eliminate minimum wage, and institute a collective bargaining system
@88B9BQS4yrs4Y
Yes, but it must be associated w a local CPI
@eleemoore4yrs4Y
Regardless, this should be decided by states
@8R7N6V44yrs4Y
Eliminate federal minimum wage. This will force companies to raise wages.
@8S9YYND4yrs4Y
No, people will lose jobs if you increase the minimum wage
Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion
Loading data...
Join in on more popular conversations.
