Balarama Holness slams Quebec’s pathetic minimum wage increase

The Mouvement Québec leader addressed the province’s income gap and minimum wage increase, which doesn’t even cover inflation.

Mouvement Québec leader Balarama Holness has criticized the May 1 minimum wage increase in Quebec, comparing the recent $269,232 bonus awarded to the CEO of Hydro-Québec with the 75 cent hourly increase to those earning the province’s lowest full-time salary.

Minimum wage in Quebec rose to $14.25 on May 1, and $11.40 for tipped employees, an increase of 5.5%. This is less than the province’s current inflation rate of 6.7%.

“A snapshot of the income gap in Quebec. The CEO of Hydro-Québec, a provincially owned monopoly, received a ‘performance’ bonus of $269,232 plus a base salary of $598,560. The minimum wage increased from $13.50 to $14.25 per hour.”

—Balarama Holness
Balarama Holness slams Quebec’s pathetic minimum wage increase

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