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alberta minimum wage
Businesses argue a higher minimum wage will lead to job losses.
Many commentators seem to think that even a small negative impact on total employment is sufficient reason to rule out a minimum wage increase. But impacts on hours of work arising from a minimum wage increases can leave the great majority of minimum wage workers much better off.
Alberta (yes, Alberta) just elected a party that promised to hike minimum wage by 50 per cent.