I'm putting this in activism rather than "Québec" or "labour and consumption" as it is a call for action, and I certainly hope there are similar initiatives elsewhere, about the shameful impoverishment of workers.
http://www.pressegauche.org/spip.php?breve1727
No surprise that the Liberal Minister of Finance here, Carlos Leitao, thinks that the minimum wage is "appropriate". Screw him.
No surprise that fake progressive and fake feminist Justin Trudeau also opposes this very modest demand:
http://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/481861/salaire-m...
Les syndicats et les groupes de défense des plus démunis qui militent pour obtenir un salaire minium de 15 $ l’heure au Québec ont rencontré un nouvel écueil au moment d’annoncer vendredi une intensification de leur mobilisation. Après l’accueil tiède de Philippe Couillard, le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a rejeté tout changement, du moins pour l’instant.
M. Trudeau a indiqué vendredi avant-midi qu’il n’envisage pas de hausser le salaire minimum à 15 $ l’heure pour le moment. Le premier ministre préfère aider les Canadiens avec l’allocation pour les enfants ou les investissements en infrastructures, a-t-il indiqué lors d’une séance de type questions-réponses organisée à Toronto par la société Thomson Reuters.
Obviously, this means consigning childless low-wage workers to poverty... And while infrastructure investment is needed, there is not a direct link with fighting poverty, except for workers on those contracts or (we can dream) if they actually decide to support building more social housing...
J-F Lisée has promised a $15/hr minimum wage. I can't say I believe him but at least one of the main parties have publicly proposed this.
It looks like Lisée is trying to woo QS support.
But if the PQ went back to their social-democratic roots,connects with milennials and wants Québec to remain more of a European country than Canadian or American,they'd really have a good chance to rid ourselves from the PLQ and CAQ cockroaches.
Yes, but I'm disappointed that he won - he's a bright guy, but all too fond of dog whistles. That said, even if PKP said he was pro min15...
Of all the candidates,who is more progressive? I truly can't tell because they obsess with one single issue.
Perhaps we should discuss the PQ hopefuls elsewhere? Did anyone else attend the march yesterday? What a beautiful October day it was! While there are more in the streets for this than last year http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-rally-minimum-wage-montrea... I do wish participation had been more massive. Even the more optimistic estimates were around 3000 participants. Evidently Lisée did turn up at the beginning; I saw Manon Massé of Québec solidaire and Alexandre Boulerice of the NDP. Part of our march was up shopping street St-Hubert where there are a hell of a lot of low-wage workers.
