Ontario Breaking The Poverty Cycle Raises Minimum Wage
McGuinty Government Helps Hard Working Families
Ontario is raising the minimum wage to $10.25 on March 31, 2010. This is the seventh increase since 2004.
The province of Ontario started implementing annual increases early in 2003, raising the general minimum wage from $6.85 in 2004 to $9.50 in 2009.
Phasing in these increases balances the needs of hard working families with the needs of small businesses that create jobs.
Increasing the minimum wage is part of Breaking the Cycle: Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy which will reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over 5 years – lifting 90,000 kids out of poverty – by boosting benefits for low-income families and enhancing publicly-funded education.
- By March 31, 2010, raises will have totalled $3.40 (50 per cent) since 2004
- The minimum wage remained static in Ontario between 1995 and 2004.
- The major industries employing minimum wage earners are: accommodation and food, retail trade, and agriculture.
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