Wage Hike

cent: Of the 633,000 people who would receive raises in Toronto, 368,000 58 per cent are women and 113,000 17 per cent are recent 42 per cent of the recent immigrants who would benefit are women, according to Toronto Star. Read more Ontario plans big boost to minimum wage, update of labour laws Cohn Article Continued Below Minimum wage hike will force some restaurants to close react-text 146 According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, women and recent immigrants will see significant benefits from the Ontario government's proposed minimum wage hike, which Premier Kathleen Wynne announced in May 2017. /react-text Christopher Katsarov / THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario Liberals embed 2019 minimum wage hike in new law David Macdonald, author of the report and a senior economist with the centre, said the minimum-wage hike is needed to reduce the income gap that persists despite the strength of Ontario's economy. react-empty 156 It's not everyone who benefits from that just the top one per cent, he said. The numbers provided to Metro, part of the left-wing think-tank's Ontario Needs a Raise report, are based on the last six months of Statistics Canada's labour survey. He added that the richest one per cent of Torontonians saw a raise in the last year worth twice what a minimum-wage earner would make annually, even after the hike to 15 an hour. The new workplace legislation also includes more vacation entitlements, expanded personal emergency leave and equal pay for part-time workers. The numbers come as the Ontario government gathers input on the proposed hike in public committee hearings across the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.