Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I would like to follow up with him on some concerns. I would like to talk to him about minimum wage.
The Minister and the House knows I have been pushing this issue for quite some time, I think probably since I first got here two years ago. My latest questions to the Minister in discussion on this subject were in June of this year. At that time, the Minister indicated, or the Hansard indicates that he said, “we are hoping to finalize our discussion with the various parties within a month or two and have a final decision by the fall.” I would like to ask the Minister if he could give me an update, please, on the status of the discussions that he has been having with businesses and with the department and with the various stakeholders involved in minimum wage, the status of the discussions and consultations. Thank you.