Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Government

Federal Law Dept: Scrapping the wages act is one of approximately 70 changes to federal law crammed into the 425-page budget bill. The move went largely unnoticed until spotted by New Democrat MP Pat Martin a few days ago, according to The Star. Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government has been under pressure to eliminate the law, which stems from the Depression era 70 years ago but was updated in 1985 and oTTAWA Hidden in the Conservatives massive budget legislation is a measure removing the federal fair wages act another in a flurry of measures by the Harper government that critics say will keep wages low for a middle-class that has seen little improvement in income for decades. Known in full as the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act, the law requires contractors who have been awarded federal government construction projects to pay their workers the prevailing wage in the region as well as overtime. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.