Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba As Wynn Ptg me Oass Masr local police arrest Man for stealing 14 cars off Winnipeg streets a i arrested yesterday in the theft of 14 Teweles with a total Vaitys of More Tran police said the ears were stolen from ail pans of Winnipeg beginning last the vehicles were but each had been stripped of tires and Many had stereo systems total damage was wet the spokesman the Christmas Rush st3ri6r High Speed Cable internet service this give someone the ultimate Christmas Rush with the High Speed internet starter delivered through Cable at speeds of up to 1 00 times faster than Ordinary Telephone rushes the limitless possibilities of the internet to your computer in the starter kit is a great Way to get someone on your Christmas list started on their internet priced at just the kit includes free cd of the most popular interactive 2 free months of service and a savings on the regular installation fee of 50 that s in savings 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fretted about the 11 per cent pay Roll and warned it could Cut into Job its not like your Grade 9 arithmetic exam where theres a Correct answer and everything else is u of economist John Meca Ilum said musing about the complexities of the minimum wage its a judgment that has to reflect a lot of sub unidentifiable the Tough part for Meca Ilum is balancing the needs of employers who rely on Low wage Levels for less skilled jobs with the living needs of if there is one thing that the left and everyone i Between agree its that getting by on minimum wage is i quite agree it would be next to impossible to survive As a single let alone raise a fam ily on minimum said Dan Canad an federation of Independent business but Kelly said minimum wage earners who Are the sole breadwinners of the household could be helped in More meaningful such As tax he worries there will be fewer jobs for youth if employees Are More those options seem to fall off the said who also supports an adjusted minimum wage for people who earn tips on the or who Are in the Only Issue seems to have been the number if the minimum wage increase gives the increase to some at the expense of jobs to in not sure the province is any further Errol economics professor at Brandon said were All further ahead when even the lowest earners bring Home a decent Low wage earners spend almost All of their Money on local goods and services and feel bet Ter about themselves when rewarded with a he in its Good for the its Good for said coauthor of a recent u v 1 first minimum set in i pc 33f f vote los i 1931 Asis teas fa8si adult 80 male Yusufh and female 49 anti my i tyls a we my established for All Manitoba Case Fra Strong report called the Case for a Strong minimum wage the report recommended an immediate increase to and another in six bringing the rate to before the end of next labour and social groups the minimum wage should be set annually at 60 per cent of average weekly Industrial earnings deter mined by statistics that would put the minimum rate at about it should be at arms length from the Politi Cal process and measured against some Standard that there every said John spokesman for the Manitoba federation of As Meca Ilum Points Manitoba is not an Island in this debate Over acceptable minimum income How they should be set and How often they most advanced Industrial countries have a minimum including which recently fixed its minimum wage at approximately and while International studies on the subject cant determine the level at which the minimum wage turns into a drag on total most agree there will be some for some firms and for some Doyle said some Small businesses May close their doors if their profit margin becomes too but others will open to take their keeping wages Well below the poverty line just to keep a firm in business int he that not an Industry you cant have an Economy based on new location financing Holiday rate break final 1998 pay no get receive financing on All remaining 1998s 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