Advocates call Nova Scotia’s 20-cent bump to minimum wage a ‘slap in the face’

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The Nova Scotia NDP leader, Claudia Chender, says the provincial government should step up and do more.

“We have a minimum wage review committee, but the government is not bound by that committee,” said Chender.

“They advise the government. So the minister could step in tomorrow and say we actually need to peg our formula to the most recent increase.”

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Claudia Chender MLA