Tom Mulcair says he will propose $15 federal minimum wage
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Liberals scrapped the regulation in 1996
The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 13, 2014 2:06 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 14, 2014 5:41 AM ET
The NDP plan would start the minimum wage at $12-an-hour, which would gradually rise to $15 by 2019. This would only apply to federally-regulated industries — which includes modes of transport such as railways and ferries, phone services, broadcasting, banks and mining.
"There are hundreds of thousands of families in Canada living on minimum wage, struggling just to scrape by. If we're against poverty in this country, how can we accept that somebody who works full time lives in poverty?"
The NDP plan would reverse the Liberal government’s 1996 decision to scrap the federal minimum wage. Since then, each province and territory has set their own minimum wage, which ranges from a low of $10 in New Brunswick to a high of $11 in Nunavut and Ontario.
Mulcair says the Liberals and Conservatives did nothing to raise the bar while in power.
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Tom Mulcair says he will propose $15 federal minimum wage
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Tom Mulcair says he will propose $15 federal minimum wage
by Oscar » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:00 am
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NDP: Add your name to give Canadians a raise
by Oscar » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:06 am
NDP: Add your name to give Canadians a raise
[ https://action.ndp.ca/page/s/up-the-wag ... WAGE_PN_EN ]
September 13, 2014
Canadians are working harder than ever – and they’re tired of being told to settle for less.
Canadian families deserve a fair wage and a decent living. That’s why an NDP government would reinstate a federal minimum wage and increase it to $15 by the end of our first term in office.
Our plan takes concrete action to fight growing income inequality and provides leadership to increase standards for all workers.
Join Tom Mulcair and add your name to give Canadians a raise:
[ https://action.ndp.ca/page/s/up-the-wag ... WAGE_PN_EN ]
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Date: On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:48 AM,
From: Peggy Nash <info@ndp.ca>
Friend,
Moments ago in Vancouver, Tom Mulcair announced our plan to help hard working families get a fair wage and make a decent living.
He committed that an NDP government would reinstate a federal minimum wage and increase it to $15 by the end of our first term in office.
It would be a huge step forward. Add your name in support of a real plan to give Canadians a raise.
A recent study by Statistics Canada shows that in real terms, the average minimum wage in Canada increased by just one penny between 1975-2013. Just one penny.
The Liberals eliminated the federal minimum wage in the 1990s – and an NDP government will undo that damage.
Our plan is a concrete step to fight growing income inequality and improve standards for workers across the country.
Hard working Canadians deserve a raise, and a leader with a real plan to make it happen.
So let’s follow Tom’s lead – and do what we do best: Organize. Every signature on this petition represents another voice speaking out for hard-working Canadians.
Make sure your name is included:
[ http://ndp.ca/up-the-wage ]
Thanks – and more to come,
Peggy
Peggy Nash
MP, Parkdale–High Park
Canada’s New Democrats
[ https://action.ndp.ca/page/s/up-the-wag ... WAGE_PN_EN ]
September 13, 2014
Canadians are working harder than ever – and they’re tired of being told to settle for less.
Canadian families deserve a fair wage and a decent living. That’s why an NDP government would reinstate a federal minimum wage and increase it to $15 by the end of our first term in office.
Our plan takes concrete action to fight growing income inequality and provides leadership to increase standards for all workers.
Join Tom Mulcair and add your name to give Canadians a raise:
[ https://action.ndp.ca/page/s/up-the-wag ... WAGE_PN_EN ]
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Date: On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:48 AM,
From: Peggy Nash <info@ndp.ca>
Friend,
Moments ago in Vancouver, Tom Mulcair announced our plan to help hard working families get a fair wage and make a decent living.
He committed that an NDP government would reinstate a federal minimum wage and increase it to $15 by the end of our first term in office.
It would be a huge step forward. Add your name in support of a real plan to give Canadians a raise.
A recent study by Statistics Canada shows that in real terms, the average minimum wage in Canada increased by just one penny between 1975-2013. Just one penny.
The Liberals eliminated the federal minimum wage in the 1990s – and an NDP government will undo that damage.
Our plan is a concrete step to fight growing income inequality and improve standards for workers across the country.
Hard working Canadians deserve a raise, and a leader with a real plan to make it happen.
So let’s follow Tom’s lead – and do what we do best: Organize. Every signature on this petition represents another voice speaking out for hard-working Canadians.
Make sure your name is included:
[ http://ndp.ca/up-the-wage ]
Thanks – and more to come,
Peggy
Peggy Nash
MP, Parkdale–High Park
Canada’s New Democrats
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ARNEY: Big (NDP) Announcement Today . . .
by Oscar » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:14 am
ARNEY: Big (NDP) Announcement Today . . .
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From: iamjema . <iamjema@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Big announcement today
To: Peggy Nash <info@ndp.ca>
Dear Peggy,
Have you been reading my emails to others?
The Canadian Action Party has been proposing this for ages !
Of course, now (that) our glorious dictator has decided that we should read Chinese Canada instead of Canada as our country name, you don't stand a chance of doing this as the Chinese-owned companies in Canada (all of those currently making a profit) will lose money as they would have to pay $15 per hour to the billions of Chinese workers who will pour into Canada to work for all the remodelled-into-Chinese companies, and there is nothing you or anyone else can do to stop it.
Don't think this will not happen because it is part of Harper's plan to change Canada (as he claimed he would in 2006), but I am not sure even he is aware of what is coming. If he was an economist, he would know but he obviously isn't.
I know if I was Chinese and I had money, I would have been planning for two years which Canadian company(s) I would buy, and I am sure that all the party/state-owned Chinese corporations have been doing the same thing.
Why do you think they ratified this toxic-to-Canadian-sovereignty, but glorious to China, FIPA, immediately?
The doors to hell have been opened and the dragon is on his way in.
So good luck to you, we will all need it.
One more thing: your job as law maker will be extinct before you know it.
Jeremy Arney
Interim Leader of the Canadian Action Party
#6, 2931 Craigowan Rd
Victoria BC V9B 1N1
250-216-5400
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: iamjema . <iamjema@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Big announcement today
To: Peggy Nash <info@ndp.ca>
Dear Peggy,
Have you been reading my emails to others?
The Canadian Action Party has been proposing this for ages !
Of course, now (that) our glorious dictator has decided that we should read Chinese Canada instead of Canada as our country name, you don't stand a chance of doing this as the Chinese-owned companies in Canada (all of those currently making a profit) will lose money as they would have to pay $15 per hour to the billions of Chinese workers who will pour into Canada to work for all the remodelled-into-Chinese companies, and there is nothing you or anyone else can do to stop it.
Don't think this will not happen because it is part of Harper's plan to change Canada (as he claimed he would in 2006), but I am not sure even he is aware of what is coming. If he was an economist, he would know but he obviously isn't.
I know if I was Chinese and I had money, I would have been planning for two years which Canadian company(s) I would buy, and I am sure that all the party/state-owned Chinese corporations have been doing the same thing.
Why do you think they ratified this toxic-to-Canadian-sovereignty, but glorious to China, FIPA, immediately?
The doors to hell have been opened and the dragon is on his way in.
So good luck to you, we will all need it.
One more thing: your job as law maker will be extinct before you know it.
Jeremy Arney
Interim Leader of the Canadian Action Party
#6, 2931 Craigowan Rd
Victoria BC V9B 1N1
250-216-5400
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