I'm glad you brought up inflation and buying power because those are both negatively impacted by this minimum wage rise as well. Artificially raising the cost of labor across the Province will cause costs and thus prices to go up as well, especially in places where people don't need to be particularly skilled, like restaurants and grocery stores. The NDP have been pretty bad for inflation and buying power, instituting the carbon tax, higher business taxes, and minimum wage increases have caused essentials of life like electricity food and gasoline to all rise.
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