""There is simply no place in the province where you can work full-time at a minimum wage job even after the increase," he said."
""They're using one statistical tool to inform what is largely a political decision," he said. "So what they're not considering is all the real costs that people have to deal with, including shelter costs.""
""a measure of inflation that represents changes in prices experienced by Ontario consumers.""
Ontario's minimum wage will rise from $17.20 to $17.60 per hour on Oct. 1, a 2.4 percent increase that the province says equals about $835 annually for a 40-hour weekly worker. The provincial government bases the adjustment on the Ontario Consumer Price Index. British Columbia's minimum wage is higher at $17.85 per hour. The Ontario Living Wage Network calculates regional living wages accounting for housing, food, transportation and childcare and reports a $26 hourly living wage for the Greater Toronto Area, saying CPI-based increases omit many real household costs, especially shelter.
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