(Montreal) The federal minimum wage will increase from $16.65 to $17.30 per hour on March 1er April, Employment and Social Development Canada announcement.
This federal minimum wage concerns 30,000 workers in private companies under federal jurisdiction, where employees are generally not unionized.
These may be workers in road transport, in seed and grain companies, in animal feed factories, in courier services, for example.
The federal Minister of Labor and Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, justifies the increase by saying that “everyone feels the effects of inflation” and that as a result, “wages must therefore follow the evolution of the cost of the life “.