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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Have you gotten around to digging up the numbers on how many minimum wage workers in Alberta are over 26 years old or have children? Or are you one of those people for whom numbers and facts don't matter, and it's all about abstractions and sentiment?
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http://www.cbc.ca/1.3086777
Around 300k workers earn between minimum wage and $15/hour. So this will affect around 10% of working Albertans
About 2% make minimum wage, so the hike won't be as high for 98% of employers.
About 35% of the minimum wage earners are 18 and under.
So this wage increase will affect 10% of the workforce in this province by increasing their wages by 34% or less over two years.
There I did the work that you could have easily done for yourself for you. If only I were paid minimum wage, I could have been told how lazy I am for having done so.