NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo moved and debated Private Members Bill 7, an Act to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour immediately and index it to the Consumer Price Index.

“Bill 7 takes immediate action on poverty by bringing Ontario’s minimum wage earners above the poverty line,” said DiNovo. “Thousands of Ontarians, anti-poverty activists, municipal governments, labour, and economists across the province want a $10 Minimum Wage now.”

Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton is committed to raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour immediately to help lift over a million workers, including a disproportionate number of women and New Canadians, above the poverty line and help the economy.

A $10 minimum wage would help lift thousands of Torontonians above the poverty line and help the city’s economy say Toronto NDP candidates. Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale-High Park), and Paul Ferreira (York-South Weston) spoke in the heart of Toronto today about the NDP’s commitment to raising the minimum wage and rolling back MPP’s pay hike.

Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton says working families deserve a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work. His second key commitment is raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour and rolling back the $40,000 pay hike Dalton McGuinty gave himself last Christmas.