Ontario Minimum Wage Hike

• Inflation up 0.7% from December, as cellphone and restaurant bills rise

  The annual pace of inflation cooled, but the numbers suggest consumer prices are broadly on the rise.

  Money

  Feb 23, 2018
  
• Ontario marijuana producers hit by minimum pay rate hike

  Marijuana companies say the higher provincial minimum wage is driving up the cost to produce and sell cannabis products.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2018
  
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• ‘Donuts not cuts’ protest comes to Hamilton

  A number of groups across Canada stood in solidarity Friday, with Tim Hortons' workers affected by the elimination of paid breaks and the rollback of benefits.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2018
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• Tim Hortons protests planned across Canada in solidarity with Ontario workers

  About 50 demonstrations are reportedly planned in cities across the country Friday

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2018
• Ontario government may provide public sectors with more minimum wage help: Wynne

  The minimum wage rose on Jan. 1 to $14 an hour from $11.60.

  Politics

  Jan 17, 2018
• Labour minister brushes off ‘doom and gloom’ minimum wage predictions

  Ontario's Minister of Labour, Kevin Flynn, told the Bill Kelly Show Monday that he doesn't see the doom and gloom predictions on the minimum wage plan ever coming to pass.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2018
• ‘Our pockets are being squeezed’: Ontario family’s daycare increases cost after minimum wage hike

  Aitken said after she received the letter, she spoke with the daycare's administrator who told her that despite the provinces $12.7 million funding to early childhood education which was announced in November, costs still needed to increase.

  Politics

  Jan 14, 2018
• Seattle, Alberta offer lessons for Ontario on ‘Fight for $15’ minimum wage hike

  The experiences of Alberta and Seattle, two jurisdictions that share Ontario's $15 an hour goal, offer some lessons on how to adjust to a higher minimum wage: that is, if Ontario businesses can weather the short-term storm.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2018
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• How does boycotting a business help those who work there?

  Do people really buy their coffee from the chain that showers employees with the best pay and benefits? Rob Breakenridge is skeptical of this proposition.

  Commentary

  Jan 13, 2018
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• Some Ontario Tim Hortons locations raise prices on breakfast menu after minimum wage hike

  The increases come after the company faced a backlash from consumers when it was revealed some franchisees cut employee benefits to offset the impact of minimum wage hikes in Ontario

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2018