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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's not so much that it's an empty political platitude as it's a hard to implement concept due to how our government and labour legislation currently works. Cost of living and wage concerns pretty clearly vary based on where you live, so having legislation that tries to set a single standard for an entire province is extremely inefficient and outdated.
I also don't think you're going to see much impact from increasing minimum wage in cities such as Vancouver unless governments actually get serious about real estate speculation. And why would they do that when a surging real estate market artificially boosts the sitting government's economic metrics?
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Well said.
I know this is going to sound 'Soviet Socialist' but we need affordable housing.
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