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merce of Hawkesbury and region. ‘‘The Chamber of commerce of Hawkes- bury and region and its retailers are con- cerned, the letter says, of the impact of the bill that increases the minimum wage across the province from $ 11.40 to $ 15, beginning in January 2018.’’ The letter explained
river seeking the same goods and services at a lower price. The sole alternative would be to either cut back on the number of their employees or cut back on working hours for their existing staff to keep their operation costs at current levels. Mayor Jeanne Charlebois of
ship, who is a small businessman himself, described the provincial government’s new minimum wage plan as “an election ploy”. Several mayors on UCPR council, like Guy Desjardins of Clarence-Rockland are full-time farmers. He wondered if the prov- ince’s new minimum wage proposal would also apply to farm labour, because then that would mean Ontario farmers competing with their Québec counterparts for produce market sales. “We’re going to be having some busi- nesses that will close up,” Desjardins said. Warden Gary Barton also noted that in- creasing the minimum wage could also affect the student jobs situation if some businesses decided against hiring any or many student summer workers as part of their cost-cutting efforts.
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
It may be popular with labour in the prov- ince but the proposed new minimum wage figure is causing some worry among small business owners in the Prescott-Russell region. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell council gave its full support to a resolution for a delegation to the Association of mu- nicipalities of Ontario (AMO), later this year, to quiz Labour Minister Kevin Flynn about his government’s plan to raise the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour and why there wasn’t greater consultation with the small business and industry sectors about it. The resolution resulted from counties council’s review of a letter from the Chamber of com-
Des représentants d’entreprises et des politiciens de la région ont des réserves au sujet de l’augmentation proposée du salaire minimum.
that the new minimum wage could hurt local small- and medium- sized businesses in Eastern Ontario and benefit their competi-
Hawkesbury told her fellow mayors on UCPR council that she and her coun- cillors have already had local business
tors across the Ottawa River, in Quebec, which has a lower minimum wage. Busi- nesses here would have to raise the price for their goods and services to cover the wage increase addition to their operation costs, which would drive customers across the
owners appear at Hawkesbury council ses- sions asking them what they plan to do about the situation. “They say, ‘Mrs. Charlebois, we just won’t be able to hire,’” she told council. Mayor Pierre Leroux of Russell Town-
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