Minimum wage goes up to $12 an hour on Tuesday

Quebec’s minimum wage goes up by 75 cents to $12 an hour on Tuesday.
The increase will affect nearly 353,000 workers, mostly women, according to the provincial labour department.
However, Quebec lags behind other provinces on the basic hourly rate. The minimum wage is $14 an hour in Ontario, rising to $15 on Jan. 1, 2019,  while it is already $15 in Alberta.
Employers’ organizations in Quebec have said the 75-cent increase could cause job losses, or at least cause employers to r