by Sean Orr | BC gets first raise to minimum wage in a decade. “The cabinet approved a rise to $8.75 an hour on May 1, to $9.50 on Nov. 1, and to $10.25 on May 1, 2012”. So, in two years we’ll be caught up to the rest of Canada, at which time the rest of Canada will have already raised their minimum wage again. That is unless you’re a server in a restaurant, your pay will only rise to $9. Ha ha! Stupid servers…
Has your workplace gone fragrance-free yet? And just like that, David Suzuki goes back to documenting ridiculous minutiae that only paranoid middle class moms care about.
White Rock to add chlorine to water over e-coli fears. In other news, White Rock residents now worried about chlorine in water.
Whitecaps ad featuring painted woman draws fire. They haven’t even played a game yet and they’ve already isolated their fan base (or rather increased it).
City set to lose public art. You mean like each time the sculpture biennale ends? Would you rather Gregor buy the big Mao head and put it on top of City Hall? Because that would totally give people the wrong idea…
Enbridge considers legal action in response to MyHairCares hoax. Right, because you’d rather protect the environment than your image. We totally believe you.
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The juxtaposition of the city losing public art and the naked Whitecap model reminded me of this bit of hardy har…
Wrong.
In 13.5 months (not two years), the province will have the highest minimum wage in Canada. You can play the guessing game as to whether other provinces will decide to raise their minimum wage – but I hardly think you are an authority on labour economics.
The alcohol servers wage is intended to help restaurants preserve their margins – the very same restaurants you have defended regarding the HST and the impaired driving initiatives.
It will be 4th highest I believe. But whatever. The point is: too little, too late.