Minimum wage hike could lead to 25,000 job losses: C.D. Howe report

The NDP plan to boost the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour next year could lead to the loss of 25,000 jobs, according to new study by a University of Alberta economist.
The hourly minimum wage is set to rise to $13.60 Sunday before reaching the final figure Oct. 1, 2018, but in a commentary published by the C.D. Howe Institute, Joseph Marchand said these moves could hurt low-wage staff by reducing employment.
“I worked a ton of jobs before I went to college. I think that exper