Gray said she will announce the next phase of the minimum wage increase and timing in the next few days. "Every time the minimum wage is increased, low wage employers say the same thing, they say the sky will fall, and then it doesn't." Called "15 is Fair," the AFL campaign suggests a minimum wage hike would boost the Alberta economy by almost $1 billion. Alberta's labour minister says she won't be swayed by a campaign that calls on the government to delay an increase to the minimum wage. Consultations wrapped last weekLast October 1, the Alberta government raised the minimum wage from $10 an hour to $11.20, putting the province in the middle of the pack across the country.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2016 11:26 UTC