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>> TODAY IT WAS PROTESTORS NOT
SHOP *** FLOODED INTO THE
TORONTO EATON CENTRE.
AT ISSUE THE PROVINCIAL MINIMUM
WAGE.
CTV'S SCOTT LIGHTFOOT REPORTS.
>> MOST DAYS AMELIA CAN BE FOUND
WORKING AT A GROCERY STORE FOR
$10.25 AN HOUR.
>> YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU
WANT TO EAT OR IF YOU WANT TO
HAVE HEAT.
>> TODAY SHE TOOK TO THE STREETS
WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS CALLING
FOR ONTARIO'S MINIMUM WAGE TO BE
KOREAED TO $14 AN HOUR.
>> 14 IS 10 ABOVE THE POVERTY
LINE.
11 IS 16 BELOW.
>> $11 WHAT THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TO RAISE THE
MINIMUM WAGE TO STARTING IN
JUNE.
THAT WAGE WILL BE TIED TO THE
RATE OF INFLATION BUT THOSE WHO
FAVOUR $14 SAY IT MEANS THOSE
RECEIVING MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE
TIED TO LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE.
>> THE MISCONCEPTION SOMEHOW
MAKING POCKET MONEY.
OVER HALF ARE FAMILIES
LIVINGATHON KIND OF A WAGE.
>> IN A SURPRISE MOVE THEY TOOK
THEIR MESSAGE TO THE CENTRE OF
ONE OF THE LARGEST SHOPPING
MALLS IN CANADA SURROUNDED BY
RETAIL WORKERS THE PROTESTORS
LOUDLY AND PEACEFULLY DELIVERED
THEIR CALL TO A $14 MINIMUM WAGE
BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE
STREET.
THOSE TAKING PART TODAY ARE
HOPING THAT THIS BECOMES AN
ELECTION ISSUE.
WHENEVER AN ELECTION IS CALLED
IN PROVINCE BUT THIS THEY ARE
CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THE THREE
MAJOR PARTS IN THIS PROVINCE
HASN'T TAKEN A STAND WHEN IT
COMES TO RAISING THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
>> AS AN NDPER I DON'T KNOW.
I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE COME
OUT AND ARTICULATED WHERE THEY
STAND AND WHAT KIND OF A PRICE.
MAYBE IN THE MIDST OF AN
ELECTION WHO KNOWS.
AROUND THE CORNER FROM AN
ELECTION.
>> ONE OF 14 SIMILAR RALLIES
HELD TODAY.
ORGANIZERS SAY THEY CHOSE THIS
DAY BECAUSE IT'S FAMILY DAY
WEEKEND AND THERE ARE MANY