The B.C. Federation of Labour this week called on the provincial government to increase the minimum wage to $15 from its current rate of $10.25 an hour. The province argues small businesses might be negatively impacted by the wage hike, and as a compromise, promised to find a predictable way for the minimum wage to go up. Meanwhile, our Albertan counterparts have enjoyed annual minimum wage increases, thanks to a formula that measures inflation and average earnings. So, do the 5.9 per cent of B.C.ers earning minimum wage deserve more money?
