'Alberta was the only province to not raise its minimum wage this year, so that gap is getting bigger and bigger,' said Meaghon Reid, executive director of Vibrant Communities Calgary.
But Marchand didn’t agree that a provincial minimum wage increase is the way to go. Since the living wage is calculated regionally, he argued that municipalities should be able to dictate their minimum wages.He referenced the Fight for $15 movement which originated in New York City and spurred other cities and districts in the U.S. to raise their minimum wages.
“Provinces could set different minimum wages across different localities within their own province. It would still be the province dictating localized minimum wages while working with municipalities.”Labour and immigration critic Christina Gray told 770 CHQR that the NDP is considering regional minimum wage increases but the province needs to address issues that affect all Albertans first.
“We need to make sure Alberta families are able to afford to go to the grocery store and put food on the table for their families.” Alberta’s government has already taken a number of steps to make life more affordable, including fuel tax pause, over 1.9 million Albertans are receiving monthly electricity rebates, and over 1.6 million Albertans are protected from rising natural gas prices through that rebate.
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