Thank you. I’ll make this my final supplementary. Would the Minister avail himself of a recent article which I read which was in something put out by, I think, the Fraser Institute? It’s called the Fraser Forum. What it did is compiled all of the impacts of raising minimum wage in jurisdictions across Canada and it equates it to the number of jobs that were lost in those particular sectors for young workers and, in some cases, also for foreign workers who are domestic help. Most of the domestic help that comes to this country works in families’ homes caring for their children and they are paid the minimum wage in that jurisdiction. Then, of course, there are legislated deductions such as accommodation and so on. But those particular sectors, how they were impacted. I was very interested in this article and I would like to ask the Minister if he and his department would avail themselves of those statistics and that information that was compiled in considering the issue of the minimum wage. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 22-16(4): Minimum Wage Adjustments
In the Legislative Assembly on October 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 22-16(4): Minimum Wage Adjustments
Oral Questions
October 15th, 2009
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