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Old 08-16-2018, 04:18 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen View Post
So $18.15? That's the living wage in Calgary. Imagine the blow-back from all the greedy people who don't want to pay $13...

http://livingwagecanada.ca/files/271...ief_062117.pdf
The metric and formula would be key in determining the $. A government set one should have non-partisan support (difficult I know).

A number put together by some advocacy group is hardly an indicator of where it should be as they can skew the formula. The methodology is one based from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives which is a left leaning organization.

Example that # is based on a family of 4, including one that is child that is not in school (Age 3 ie needing daycare). It also has a weird line item as parent education of ~$90/month... wtf is that (What school / job training charges this?).

Why should the government rate be based on such a specific scenario?
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