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Originally Posted by Red John
Raising minimum wage hurts small businesses and causes them to either lay off employees or close completely. Either way jobs lost.
Plus it results in higher prices of products. Everyone remains poor because a dollar doesn't go as far.
It likely won't happen now that the NDP lost which makes it a fantastic election outcome on that one issue alone.
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Except that the NDP promised a tax break for smaller businesses to help them with the minimum wage. I don't want to get into another debate about the minimum wage on here, but the debate is hardly settled on this topic.
Hell you even had professors from the Sauder Business School stating that they thought the NDP's plan regarding the minimum wage was the best one for B.C.at the moment due to the stagnating wages and escalating costs of living. I actually like the Greens idea of a guaranteed basic income but either way something needs to be done.