NDP leader calling on government to make further changes to minimum wage

NDP leader calling on government to make further changes to minimum wage

NDP Leader Jim Dinn is calling on government to acknowledge that the legislated minimum wage rate increase on Sunday leaves many across the province living in poverty. “It took the provincial government five years to listen to workers and agree to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour, since then workers have faced record inflation, increasing costs of living, and aren’t able to make ends meet,” says Dinn. “The government must acknowledge th…