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Jump in BC's living wage

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 Nov, 2023 05:15 PM
  • Jump in BC's living wage

A new report shows Metro Vancouver's living wage has increased to 25-dollars and 68 cents per hour this year.

That amount reported by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B-C Office and Living Wage for Families B-C represents a six per cent rise from the previous year. 

Lead author Iglika Ivanova also says families have to spend on average four-thousand dollars more in 2023 for the same basket of goods and the cost of living across the province is quickly rising.

The report says housing and food are the most costly expenses.

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