魁北克最低工资提高到9.5加币/小时

Quebec's minimum wage increase went into effect Saturday, marking the third consecutive year payroll workers earning the least amount of money have been given a raise.

The hourly rate has increased from [B][COLOR="Red"]$9[/COLOR][/B] to [B][COLOR="red"]$9.50[/COLOR][/B] an hour, and from $8 to $8.25 an hour for workers earning tips.

Ontario has the highest minimum wage in the country, at [B][COLOR="red"]$10.25 an hour[/COLOR][/B], followed by Nunavut at[B][COLOR="red"] $10[/COLOR][/B]. In third place are Newfoundland and Labrador, along with Quebec, which now have the same hourly rate.

Mélanie Gauvin, who advocates for the rights of non-unionized workers in Quebec, said an even higher minimum wage would have been appropriate.

"It depends on your family's situation, but we think that $10.69 would be a good amount, if we consider that people are not all working full time, 40 hours a week, so it's not a big demand," she said.

About 300,000 Quebecers work for minimum wage.