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Ian Hutchinson
Ian is the editor and president of Golf News Now, an industry trade website. He is the 2017 recipient of the Lorne Rubenstein Award, presented by the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame for major contributions to golf in Ontario. Follow Ian’s blog at www.golfnewsnow.ca.
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Golf Business Canada
Minimum Wage
the masses.
It sounds very utopian, but
business owners, including those in the golf industry, suggest that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, as the saying goes, and there may be more on ramps connecting to the main road as more provinces take Alberta’s and Ontario’s lead on a $15 an hour minimum wage.
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MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
affordable?
“We are committed to support- ing our low-wage Albertans, people who are working full-time jobs and are still not able to make ends meet,” said Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray when that province announced last year that the minimum wage would rise to $15 from $11.20 an hour by next year.
Is it
Alberta’s minimum wage rose by $1 to $12.20 last October and will go up again this fall by $1.40 before settling at $15 in 2018. In Ontario, it will go from the current $11.40 to $14 on January 1, 2018 to $15 in 2019.
A At first glance, the plan to have a $15 an hour minimum wage in both Alberta and Ontario is gift- wrapped with good intentions for