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Such as?
On top of the increased labour costs he is facing higher taxes, higher utility costs and lower demand as the economy tanks. How big do you think Jim's profit margin was to be able to weather all those storms?
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So now you're adding the other factors in. Like I said I completely agree that the NDP are stupid for bringing this minimum wage increase in while the economy is in the tank. I said that from the moment they said they were going to push on with the minimum wage increase despite the economic environment. I 100% agree that the minimum wage increase is coming at a terrible time as now the increased inflation will hurt a lot more than normally. I was arguing purely for Minimum Wage increases in an isolated scenario.
(If you're trying to relate this to Johnny Greenhouse, then you're forgetting that the greenhouses are trying to get exempt from the bare minimum of employment standards that Jims Hardware was already following. That's what I'm against.)
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It's be picked up by big box stores that don't pay any higher of wages and a lot of them ship any profits out of the country. Who exactly wins there?
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They pay the 50% higher wages?
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Are you for real?
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Yes. I don't believe owning a business is a right.