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Saskatchewan having the second-lowest minimum wage in the country, one group is rallying in Regina on Monday, hoping to make some noise on the issue and raise the minimum amount workers earn each hour.
The group is called Fight for $15 Saskatchewan, and it’s set to rally at noon on Scarth Street in downtown Regina.
It’s pushing for a minimum wage of $15 per hour in the province. The minimum wage rose to $11.06 per hour on Oct. 1.
That puts it one cent above Nova Scotia’s two-tiered minimum wage system. In that province, a new employee (designated as an inexperienced employee) earns at least $11.05 per hour for the first three months of her/his employment with the same employer; after three months, she/he earns at least $11.55 per hour (designated as an experienced employee).
The group organizing the Regina rally doesn’t make that distinction and claims Saskatchewan has the lowest minimum wage in the country, without referencing Nova Scotia’s nuanced system.
“We have this radical, crazy idea that anybody who works for a living should also be able to live,” said Braden Sapara, who works with the group.
“According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the living wage for someone living in Saskatoon or Regina is about $16 an hour. We’re looking for $15; we’ve gotta start somewhere.”