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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Calgary isn’t the only city to have increased the minimum wage in the province, yet the results haven’t been the same across the province. Let’s go with what we know, or can fairly reasonably assume, small business owners would probably prefer to not see an increase to their labour costs even if they could afford it.
You do realize that small businesses aren’t the only employers who pay minimum wage right?
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Sure, but the majority of the minimum wage jobs are in the service industry,and that is where we are seeing the significant job losses. It's directly attributable to the increased wages and honestly, was entirely predictable. Now that the evidence is coming to bear though, you seem to want to shrug it off or try to attribute it to other factors?
It's intellectual dishonesty at it's finest. The wages were going to increase and people told them that this will result in job loss. The increase goes through, jobs are lost and now the plan is to say "it shouldn't work that way" or "the small business just doesn't want to eat it" and we're cool with that?