Anti-Poverty Group Says Don't Blame Minimum Wage Increases For Job Losses

The Common Front for Social Justice is trying to disspell what it calls misconceptions about the recent increases in the minimum wage. Co-chair Linda McCaustlin disputes whether those raises have triggered job losses.

She tells CHSJ News there are other more compelling explanations such as the flat economy brought about by the financial meltdown with people having less money to spend, the drop in tourism and jobs losses in forestry.

She also refutes the notion that most of the people earning minimum wage are students. McCaustlin argues the majority, 17 thousand in the province, are women.
 
McCaustlin points out small and medium sized businesses after lobbying are also getting alot of advantageous tax breaks from government.