• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Income Security Advocacy Centre

Income Security Advocacy Centre

ISAC works to address issues of income security and poverty in Ontario

  • Our Work
    • Litigation
    • Policy
    • Community Organizing
    • Public Education
  • Publications
  • Updates
  • Campaigns
  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision & Mandate
    • Staff Members
    • Members
    • Board Members
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
  • Resources
  • Share Your Story
  • Twitter

Submission on the Minimum Wage

October 18, 2013

Advisory Panel to report to government in December

The Ontario government appointed a Minimum Wage Advisory Panel in June 2013 to give advice on how to set the minimum wage.

Although ISAC mainly works on social assistance issues, the minimum wage is an important part of ensuring income security for Ontarians and their families.

So we wanted to give the Panel our perspective on this issue.

Our submission:

  • supports the 25in5 Network’s proposal that the minimum wage should be set at a level that lifts minimum-wage workers out of poverty, adjusted annually for inflation, and reviewed periodically by an independent body;
  • supports the call from the Raise the Minimum Wage Campaign to immediately raise the minimum wage to $14 / hour;
  • calls on the Panel to bring forward recommendations to government to extend minimum wage protections to workers who are currently exempt; and,
  • calls on the Panel to bring forward recommendations to highlight the role of other employment and labour market policies that would help ensure that jobs provide the income security and stability that Ontarians require.

The minimum wage can help ensure income security, but it can also help reduce poverty and income inequality, and help close the gap between the wages of racialized and non-racialized workers, men and women, and recent immigrants and longer-term residents.

Download ISAC’s submission: Submission To The Minimum Wage Advisory Panel - 2013

Read more about the Minimum Wage Advisory Panel.

Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy

Primary Sidebar

Blog sidebar

Subscribe

"*" indicates required fields

Name

Income Security Advocacy Centre

Footer widget

1500 – 55 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2H7
Tel: (416) 597-5820 • Toll Free: 1-866-245-4072 • Fax: (416) 597-5821

  • Contact

This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.