Read this the other day:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...nada-1.6440239
So, Manitoba's minimum wage is still in the $11 an hour range after, what, ten years? Has it even kept up with inflation--before the post-Covid inflation?
And people wonder why there's rampant homelessness, despair, and crime in the city. Consider: rental agencies won't rent to you if you make less than 3x rent. A quick search of the city's slummiest agencies--Smith and Sussex--shows 7 openings at Smith and 0 at Sussex for less than $640 a month. Knowing Smith, those 7 places are 100% lousy with bed bugs.
It's not the 2000s anymore. The days of $300 rent are over. The Cons' minimum wage increase is going to bump minimum wage earners' affordable rent by a whopping $18.