We don't have guess what a society with higher base wages and security for all workers looks like, we just have to look to countries like France. The people in low-skilled positions in France have better wages and benefits. The trade-off is chronically high unemployment, especially among the young. A great many 26 year olds in France have never worked at all. Many of those low-skilled, entry jobs we have in Alberta simply don't exist in France because they're not economically feasible.
It might be a trade-off we want to make - people who have jobs have better jobs, but more people don't have jobs at all. But we shouldn't pretend it isn't a trade off.
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