Alberta introduces bill to change overtime pay, reduce youth minimum wage, personally I would have abolished the minimum wage – May 28, 2019,
Why does Alberta have a minimum wage? It’s the stupidest law ever created, it’s also a law based on force, I’ve heard even so-called Libertarians who want a minimum wage. Alberta is by far Canada’s richest province and a few years back I remember reading an article about Tim Hortons workers getting paid $18 per hour, do you know why? Because people refused to work there for anything less, that’s why! As a free human being, you have a right to refuse to work for a wage you consider unacceptable. The problem with working for a lower wage is that without welfare you have to be your own boss. For many people they have egos there are certain jobs a lot of people refuse to do because they believe it’s beneath them, so they fight for stupid laws like the minimum wage.
Minimum wage kills a persons ability to barter, the best part about being an employee in a free society is your ability to barter and your freedom to tell your boss I quit! Furthermore, a free society means you can be an entrepreneur and until you become an entrepreneur, you’re not going to be able to comprehend the disastrous effects of the minimum wage laws. As an example a loophole for minimum wages, family-run businesses. I wish Conservative politicians would tell people the truth and accept the backlash. If you think your labor is worth a certain amount of money, don’t work for anything less. Kenny is putting himself in a bind, just abolish, the Leftists are going to bash you anyway, I’ve met Albertans they’re not going to work for less than their labor is worth and there are unions in Alberta, Labour unions, in reality, are supposed to offer value, it’s not just about collective bargaining it’s letting an employer know that these employers are worth the higher wage.
We have to protect the Canadian workers from people undercutting wages, you say? I’ve heard it all before, my answer is why? The truth is many of you don’t want to own your own business and you don’t want to negotiate your own wages and you need a Government to enforce it. So, sissy, many of you men are. Your boss, your manager their human just like you, their businesses can’t function without you, even with minimum wages there are thousands of jobs that can’t be fulfilled primarily because of over-regulation, because when you create wage controls using the force of government it invites other regulations, that also make it harder for people to find employment, which of course leads to more people being unemployed longer.
Prior to this overly regulated Canadian economy, employers would train individuals without any education to be bosses of businesses, nowadays, a business owner doesn’t want to take the chance, if you don’t qualify he won’t hire you and the business will also accept being small, because regulations make doing certain things illegal. Canadians aren’t fans of a free market, which is why I can’t align with any Nationalistic or Conservative movement. Regarding overtime pay, I’ve worked with blue collar workers, the higher taxes is why most people avoid overtime. Also, a lot of blue-collar workers have lives outside of their jobs, so for the most part once they’ve made enough money many will simply go home and most blue-collar workers want the freedom to go home after they’ve finished their shifts. FREEDOM and flexibility in the workforce, ultimately that’s what people want and the harder an individual works the more the boss is incentivized to pay him/her more, now sure some bosses are cheap, but if there were more entrepreneurs employees wouldn’t have to worry about those problems.
Anyway. people are who they are.
Alberta introduces bill to change overtime pay, reduce youth minimum wage – CBC
interesting times ahead.