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MINIMUM SENTENCE
FOR EACH CHARGE.
AND BACK HERE AT
HOME A BIG TURN OUT
FOR A RALLY
DEMANDING ANOTHER
HIKE IN THE MINIMUM
WAGE
IT WAS RECENTLY
BUMPED 75 CENTS TO
11 BUCKS AN HOUR
BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD
ENOUGH ACCORDING TO
THOSE WHO RALLIED
HERE.
THEY SAY IT'S AT A
LEVEL THAT'S
16 PERCENT BELOW
THE POVERTY LINE.
>> WE THINK
EVERYBODY DESERVES
TO HAVE A LIFE THAT
IS ABOVE POVERTY
LINE.
>> HALF A MILLION
WORKERS IN ONTARIO
EARNING MINIMUM
WAGE.
AND THE
MISCONCEPTION IS
THAT SOMEHOW ALL
THESE MINIMUM WAGE
WORKERS ARE KIDS
EARNING POCKET
MONEY WHEN IN FACT
THAT'S NOT TRUE
BECAUSE OVER HALF
OF THEM ARE
FAMILIES TRYING TO
LIVE ON A MINIMUM
WAGE OF $11 AND END
UP IN THE FOOD BANK
BY THE END OF THE
MONTH BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T MAKE ENDS
MEET.
THAT'S THE GIST OF
WHY WE ARE HERE
TODAY AND HOPEFULLY
SENDING A SIGNAL TO
SMALL BUSINESSES IN
THE EATON'S CENTRE
THAT YOU HAVE TO
PAY YOUR WORKERS A
FAIR WAGE.
>> THE PROTESTORS
TOOK THEIR PROTEST
INTO THE EATON
CENTRE.