The Chretien Consensus served Canadians well for more than a decade and can again Canada’s sweeping rejection of the Chretien consensus amounts to a puzzling and hopefully temporary repudiation of prosperity and the policies that produced it. A generation ago, Canada enjoyed a renaissance. The revival was rooted in sound fiscal policy (balanced budgets, focused
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Minimum Wage Laws An Ineffective Anti-Poverty Strategy
on May 5th, 2014
Policy choices that threaten to cause employers to offer workers fewer hours counter-productive By Ben Eisen & Shaun Fantauzzo Minimum wages are increasing steadily right across Canada. Nova Scotia, for example, recently boosted its hourly wage floor to $10.40. In June, Ontario’s will increase to $11 per hour. Since 2008, Manitoba’s minimum wage has increased
