British Columbia Minimum Wage to Increase to $10.25

[tsai3904]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/03/16/bc-minimum-wage-clark.html

"B.C.'s minimum wage is going up to $8.75 as of May 1, Premier Christy Clark announced Wednesday.

The province's current rate has remained at $8 an hour for ten years and is the lowest in Canada.

It will go up again to $9.50 on Nov. 1 and to $10.25 on May 1, 2012.

Clarks said that also as of May 1, B.C. is eliminating its "training wage," which allows employers to pay first-time workers just $6 an hour for the first 500 hours of employment."

Didn't know that Canada has (had) a training wage. Also, Ontario, currently has a $10.25 minimum wage.

 

[Stary Hickory]

Ah price fixing always works right! Why not start fixing all the prices in the economy?

 

[specialK]

All the more incentive for me to keep paying Indians rather than people in my own own province. Between minimum wage and HST (VAT), lots of my money is leaving this province. Way to go Christy!

 

[Fox McCloud]

that's nearly $10.37 an hour in USD terms....hopefully it gets eroded a bit by 2012 due to inflation...

 

[hugolp]

Why not $30? That way we all can be rich.

 

[The_Ruffneck]

Ah price fixing always works right! Why not start fixing all the prices in the economy?

Hey , it worked for Zimbabwe....