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shenmue

(38,538 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2014, 03:30 PM Sep 2014

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he will call for $15-an-hour federal minimum wage [View all]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-says-he-will-propose-15-an-hour-federal-minimum-wage-1.2765515

From the article:

"Household debt in Canada is skyrocketing right now, families are having more and more trouble getting by. The good middle class jobs that people used to be able to rely on just aren't there any more," Mulcair said, speaking in Vancouver on Saturday.

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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he will call for $15-an-hour federal minimum wage [View all] shenmue Sep 2014 OP

wATCH THIS HAPPEN... I can see Canada passing a $15 an hour min wage by the end of the year diabeticman Sep 2014 #1

I can't. nt arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #3

He thinks the minimum wage is too low in Canada and that his people "are in crisis" BlueJazz Sep 2014 #2

I hope the NDP get it done but I won't arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #4