Montreal Old Port worker Konrad Lamour holds up a badge illustrating a demand for a minimum hourly wage of $15 in Montreal on Friday, October 14, 2016. ( Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS )A new public opinion survey shows a healthy majority of Canadians support an increase in minimum wage. The Forum Research poll conducted last week showed that 63 per cent of Canadian voters approve increasing the national wage to $15 an hour. Include Morley Gunderson, economics professor emeritus and CIBC chair in youth employment at the University of Toronto, among the 31 per cent opposed. Such a large increase would very likely reduce the employment prospects of youths who are already having problems getting jobs, he said.

Source: thestar October 19, 2016 09:00 UTC