Minimum Wage In Canada

With the current minimum wage in Ontario starting off at $11.40/hour it makes it very difficult for people to make a living for themselves, especially those who come with very minimum background of education and is forced to work jobs that are paying as low as minimum wage. Families who are new to the Country that come in as refugees are forced to live in poverty, therefore leading the kids in becoming affiliated with illegal money to help provide themselves and their families with some money. Additionally, with the cost of living rapidly increasing, and the minimum wage gradually going up it makes it difficult to make a living from such little money. If minimum wage workers in Canada were being paid more fairly compared to how much work they …show more content…
By giving equal opportunities to people with such low background experiences, and raising the minimum wage for them to be able to make more money than just over eleven dollars an hour then it would possibly decrease a significant amount of drug dealers that are on the streets trying to make a living for themselves, rather than living off of pay-cheque to pay-cheque. Although most drug dealers are doing what they are doing because of the fact that they have not been exposed to real work, and have no background experiences from working there could still be a portion of people out there who are affiliated with those stuff because of such minimal pay. As a result of raising the minimum wage it may not completely clean up the streets, however, it may possibly help out. If a small number of drug dealers are taken off of the streets then it’s still help, and something on the right path to cleaning up our streets, and making the environment safer for everyone to enjoy where they are living. By increasing the minimum wage not only will it decrease the amount of criminal activity, however, it’ll make it more easier for everybody, including people from the lower-class. Most families to migrate from different Countries tend to live together and most people from the family that are of legal age tend to join the …show more content…
So in order for employers to make more money, they are willing to pay their employees that first start off as low as minimum wage. Employers are willing to let go employees who do not like the wage they make because employers know that there are thousands of people who are willing to take over the job just to generate some income. As a result of this, employers take advantage of people who are willing to work at such low wages, therefore it’s for their own benefit to keep the wages low. However, if the employees were making more money, than minimum wage then they’d be more happier. A happy employee is a productive employee, a productive employee is willing to work to their best of their ability, and make such efforts at impressing the managers, and satisfying the customers. Additionally, if employees made more money, aside from that they’d be more satisfied if they were given better opportunities, such as bonuses, rights, benefits, and much more. For example, Costco workers, they are non-unionized and have great benefits and bonuses, along with rights, and the open-door policy. An open-door policy is a policy made by employers that grants employees the rights to walk-in and speak to a manager about anything. This makes the employees feel comfortable, and shows that their employers cares about them, and are willing to listen to them in regards of any problem they may have. Additionally, costco also offers free