#014: Minimum Wage in Ontario

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In this episode Strong and Free looks at the minimum wage debate in Ontario, by comparing Bill 148 introduced by the Ontario Liberal Party in 2017, and Bill 47 introduced by the Progressive Conservative Party in 2018. 

Sources used:

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/09/27/fords-move-to-flatline-minimum-wage-is-bad-for-workers-and-ontario.html

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/24/ontario-is-taking-a-big-step-back-by-freezing-minimum-wage.html

https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2018/11/government-for-the-people-making-ontario-open-for-business.html

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/decentworknow/pages/253/attachments/original/1513104917/Report_a_Higher_Standard_CCPA_file.pdf?1513104917

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/decentworknow/pages/252/attachments/original/1513104846/Report_the_Precarity_Penalty_PEPSO_file.pdf?1513104846

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/increasing-the-minimum-wage-in-ontario.pdf

https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2018/11/government-for-the-people-making-ontario-open-for-business.html

https://www.cpisandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Economic_Impacts_of_MW_Increases_6-3-16.pdf

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC%20Office/2017/04/ccpa_bc_living_wage_%20update%202017%20FINAL%20.pdf

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