From research it is clear that in the past minimum wage increases have had little to no effect on British Columbia’s poverty rates. “The main reason that past increases in minimum wage did not significantly lower the poverty rate is that they were too small” (Green, 2015, p.6). In terms of the positive effects a raise to minimum wage entails, British Columbia is a very wealthy province, rich in resources and opportunities however with what the minimum wage is at now it creates thousands of people to live a life of poverty. British Columbia’s overall poverty rate is the second highest in Canada, and is the only province without a poverty reduction plan, which is why the campaign “Fight for $15” was started by the BC Federation of Labour. A poll
