This is a private members bill put forward by newly-elected Cheri Dinovo. It passed second reading this am and will now go to committee. Still is is very unlikely to go any further, both the libs and the cons are against it.

1: Minimum wage earners won't have to visit the food bank to feed their families.

2: Government won't have to subsidize minimum wage workers so they can live above the poverty line.

A: Maybe all workers should get benifits commenserate with the proportion of time they work compared to full time workers so when they retire they have something more to look forward to than dying in total poverty!

3: Business that exploit minimum wage earners will go out of business!

4: If minimum wage employeers all have to raise their wages and all have to raise their prices is this bad? Maybe consumer would appreciate minimum wage products more and not treat them as disposable land filler.

Downsides??????

As an employeer, I don't pay minimum wage. Good people cost money and keeping them a long time is more cost effective than training minimum wagers who don't care about your business.

[ 02 November 2006: Message edited by: babblerwannabe ]