Queen’s Park is moving to allay businesses’ fears over the forthcoming increase to the minimum wage. “You look at things like taxes, you look at things like regulations, you look at things like the employer health tax — you look at those types of things. Ben Castanie, owner of the three Snakes and Lattes board game cafés, said his 100 workers, who are already paid more than the current minimum wage, will be getting a well-deserved raise. Peter Gossmann — co-owner of Plasticap, a plastics injection molding company in Richmond Hill — said he worries about the effect on the overall labour force, not just minimum wage earners. Inflation contributes to higher interest rates and that stifles growth.”Sheila Block, senior economist for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, discusses the benefits a $15 minimum wage in Ontario will provide.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 17:18 UTC