By Employees
October 1st, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Coaching and Expertise Growth, issued the next assertion on growing the province’s minimal wage:
“At this time, the overall minimal wage in Ontario will increase from $16.55 per hour to $17.20, serving to almost a million staff earn more cash for themselves and their households.
Minister David Piccini
Is Minister Piccini not embarrassed – he ought to have mentioned: “I’m sorry – that is the very best I can do.
He goes on to say: Ontario’s minimal wage is without doubt one of the highest within the nation. This 3.9 per cent enhance is tied to the Client Worth Index, that means {that a} employee making the overall minimal wage over a 40-hour work week may have as much as $1,355 extra of their pockets yearly. Our honest and balanced method makes issues predictable for each staff and companies.
There may be nothing honest or balanced concerning the new minimal wage – it could be acceptable for highschool college students who work after faculty and on weekends however a college pupil can’t work and put aside funds for the college 12 months.
Communities maintain meals drives and ship what they’ve collected to a Meals Financial institution.
We now know why there are greater than 1,000,000 individuals having to make use of Meals Banks frequently.
Below the management of Premier Ford, our authorities is dedicated to working for staff and supporting them as we proceed to construct a robust Ontario with a resilient financial system.
“We also know” mentioned the Minister that “ minimum wage jobs should be a starting point, not an endpoint” – however in actuality it’s the wage stage far too many individuals working full time are at.
