A 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage leads to, on average, a three to six per cent decline in youth employment.
poverty
July 7, 2017
12:18PM
After Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $13 per hour, the total number of low-wage jobs declined by 6.8 per cent.
May 17, 2017
10:15AM
The vast majority of minimum wage workers—85 per cent—do not live in low-income households.
May 16, 2017
3:00AM
The program will provide a single person up to $16,989 per year in tax-free government transfers.
December 19, 2016
10:45AM
In Wyoming, the average charitable donation was $16,644.
September 8, 2016
1:50PM
The Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Report has ranked Venezuela dead last for the past four years.
August 5, 2016
12:39PM
In Canada, the Alberta government put forth its own plan for a $15 minimum wage by 2018.
March 8, 2016
3:00AM
The percentage of seniors living in low-income has consistently fallen over the past four decades.
March 7, 2016
4:14PM
Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage.