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As of this September, B.C.'s minimum wage
will increase annually based on the consumer
price index–this year from $10.25 to $10.45
an hour. Between April 13 and 15, 297 read-
ers responded to our online poll that asked:
Should B.C. have a $15 minimum wage?
Here's how the results broke down:
Poll of the Month
W inning W ords
Vivian Chan (@vchan)
tweeted our 30 Under 30
cover with winner Alexan-
der Chuang on it: "Hey @
alexchuang72, look what
arrived in the mail? Can
I have your autograph? ;)
#covermodel #30under30"
We also heard from
Vancouver MP Hedy Fry (@
HedyFry): "Inspiring group
- don't call them "young"
leaders... just... leaders!"
I prefer B.C.'s approach:
$10.25 indexed to
inflation
60.94%
(181 votes)
$15 seems fair
18.52%
(55 votes)
I don't
believe in
having a
minimum
wage
20.54%
(61 votes)
A Matter of Degrees
Sasha Colby, SFU's director of graduate liberal
studies, wrote that she noticed a certain sameness
in our feature package on
MBA programs ("Not
Your Father's Master," March 2015). "Programs
in graduate liberal studies at
SFU, with a focus on
books, ideas and cultural analysis, have witnessed
an increasing number of students from the busi-
ness community"—both, she says, from established
professionals and younger business people "who feel
their degrees will be recognized by employers."
Paying the Price
The question of increasing B.C.'s minimum wage is a
contentious issue. While a majority of B.C.ers in one
study supported the idea ("Two in three B.C.ers sup-
port raising the minimum wage to $15," BCBusiness
.ca/industries), our own Poll of the Month (right) tells
another story. Rick Lee, commenting on our story,
articulates the opposition: "There are few pros asso-
ciated with raising the minimum wage… Increasing
the minimum wage will increase unemployment."
