Decision ’19. – SaltWire File Photo CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. —
Island NDP Leader Joe Byrne believes the entire province would benefit if the working poor were earning more money.
Byrne announced Friday a commitment, if his party were elected to govern, to raise minimum wage in the province to $15 per hour within a four-year term in what he termed his first major announcement a few days into the provincial election campaign.P.E.I.’s minimum wage rises from $11.55 to $12.25 an hour on Monday, April 1, and is currently the highest in Atlantic Canada.Not nearly high enough in Byrne’s estimation.“We’ve seen cost of […]
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