Leaders Serious About Tackling Low-Wage Work Should Embrace Unions

With little more than a month to go before the next federal election, party leaders have proposed a laundry list of measures (here and here) to deal with Canada’s growing low-waged workforce. Following changes to the Canada Labour Code, the Liberals continue to mull a guaranteed national minimum income. Short on details, the Conservatives have vowed to improve credential recognition for new immigrants to help them get jobs. Both the NDP and Green parties have promised to raise the federal