Time to Raise Minimum Wage
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The document argues that Ontario's minimum wage should be raised from $10.25 to better reflect rising inflation and cost of living. It notes that the minimum wage has been frozen for 3 years while costs have risen 7.6%, leaving many minimum wage workers living in poverty. It profiles one minimum wage worker, a 35-year old father of two, and calculates that someone working full time at minimum wage would earn $18,655 per year, below Ontario's low income measure of $23,105, leaving a gap of $4,450.
Time to Raise Minimum Wage
- 2. 1kg Ground Beef 3 TTC Tokens 4 Packs Bread Rent Phone Bills
- 4. ONTARIOS MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE RAISED The current minimum wage is not updated to reflect inflation. The current minimum wage is leaving many Ontario workers working in poverty.
- 5. Minimum Wage: $10.25 (3 yr) Cost of Living: + 7.6% Resource: Statistic Canada SOARING PRICES VS FROZEN MINIMUM WAGE
- 6. SOARING PRICES VS FROZEN MINIMUM WAGE Resource: Statistic Canada
- 7. Rob Ellis is a 35 year old father of two. Rod works for a factory that makes medical tubes. He is one of many minimum wage workers. Interview: Life on Minimum Wage - youtu.be/v9wDVJtwUT8
- 8. THE WORKING POORS? $10.25 * 35hr *52wk = $18,655 Low Income Measure = $23,105 GAP = $4,450
- 9. IN CONCLUSION The current minimum wage is not updated to reflect inflation. The current minimum wage is leaving many Ontario workers working in poverty.