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Living Wage
Ancient minimum wage trope just won’t die
Minimum wage earners are not basement-dwelling unskilled teenagers—the data tells the real story
Nova Scotia’s minimum wage workers deserve a real raise
The cost of living has gone up but the minimum wage hasn’t kept pace.
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