Breakenridge: Raising minimum wage won't affect most wage earners

Raising the basic personal amount and reducing the rate for lower-income earners would be a place to start

With Alberta this month officially having the lowest minimum wage (tied with Saskatchewan) in the country, there is now a great clamour that something be done to address the situation.

In fairness, there have been voices calling on the province for some time to increase the minimum wage, but the increases that took effect last week in Saskatchewan, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba — and the resulting distinction for Alberta — has certainly intensified the debate.