We paid a fair amount above the old minimum wage, at a level that made economic sense and enabled us to retain valued employees (including the students that to a person were happy to return year after year and thereby were valued and compensated more in each subsequent year).
I can't speak for the province as a whole, but I'm saying that the old minimum wage level was fine for us (below our threshold) and the new level will cost potential employees entry level jobs and shift that money to people who already make 65-100K+.
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