Government: Minimum Wage

minimum wage: Its likely that the panel will advise the government to tie the minimum wage to an economic indicator, possibly the Consumer Price Index CPI , a method that works well in several other provinces and countries, according to The Star. Why do businesses support regular hikes and The writing is on the wall: Ontarios minimum wage is going up. The current government made this clear when it appointed a Minimum Wage Advisory Panel , whose members have recently kicked off their cross-province consultation tour. And though it may come as a surprise, Ontarios business community is prepared to accept regular inflationary increases to the minimum wage the Ontario Chamber of Commerce is even recommending it to the advisory panel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.