Minimum Wage

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Economic woes won't stop minimum wage hike
By VINCENT BALL, EXPOSITOR STAFF


HELP LOCAL ECONOMY
Brian Van Tilborg, co-ordinator of the Genfast Workers' Adjustment Centre and a former NDP candidate in Brant, said the increase is timely.
"It's one of the better programs we have to help the local economy," Van Tilborg said. "It puts more money into the hands of those who need it and these are the people who spend their money locally.
"They buy their groceries, clothing and everything else locally. They're not heading out of town and out of the country on trips."
He believes minimum wage increases are more likely to create jobs than to kill them.
"Stock market crashes and poor industrial policies are what kills jobs. Not minimum wage increases," Van Tilborg said. "The fact is, we've had minimum wages for years and it has never caused job losses like a lot of people like to think."