Stepping up his rhetoric against existing workplace protections, Premier Doug Ford says businesses cannot afford to pay employees for sick days. Article Continued BelowBetween August 2017 and this past August, employment increased by 1.1 per cent — or 79,000 new jobs. Article Continued BelowBut Ford insisted it’s time to “listen to the job creators, listen to the small businesses, listen to the medium and large businesses.” “We’re going to protect the ($14) minimum wage. We’re going to protect the front-line workers by lowering their hydro rates, by lowering their gas by 10 cents a litre,” he said. “The last time the Conservatives were in office (between 1995 and 2003), they protected the minimum wage and froze it for eight years running,” said Horwath.

Source: thestar October 03, 2018 20:48 UTC