[LabComm] NDP calls for $10 minimum wage and small business tax cut

[BC NDP Newswire]

NDP calls for $10 minimum wage and small business tax cut



VICTORIA -- After a six year freeze, it's time to give B.C.'s lowest paid workers a raise, NDP Leader Carole James said today.

"For six years, Gordon Campbell has frozen the minimum wage leaving many British Columbians behind," said James. "The B.C. Liberals are out of touch with the workers of our province trying desperately to make ends meet. Last month the government flat out rejected the prospect of an increase which shows the B.C. Liberals don't care about our province's lowest paid workers."

James also called for the government to give employers a break by cutting the small business tax rate.

To read the full press release and backgrounder, <a href="http://nid-16589.newsdetail.bcndp.ca/">click here.</a>

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