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Minimum Wage and Living Wage

entry level service workers: The problem is not the type of job but the need for an increase in the minimum wage, according to Toronto Star. Although skill training and education programs are important to allow workers, who desire it, to advance, there will always be a need for entry level service workers and the most pressing issue is to ensure these workers receive a living wage. According to the latest employment statistics the service sector is where jobs are being created. Greg Sheehan, Mississauga This article refers to a minimum wage position at a furniture manufacturer as modest. Wake up and smell the Quail eggs. How are we to make meaningful gains in the standard of living by sugar-coating a subpar wage as modest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.