Absolutely. I'm a firm believer in paying a living wage. I've actually put this into practice myself, over the past few years I've hired on 8 Canada summer jobs positions, which normally would be paid minimum wage of ($15.20 /hr). Instead, we've done additional fundraising and grant writing to ensure we could offer $20/hr positions, because anything less felt exploitive to me in our current economic reality.

I'm also concerned about people who are unable to work full time and would like to see the federal government explore bringing in a universal basic income to fill in the gaps. Current support systems for people with medical issues or other barriers to employment are stigmatizing and designed on a cost saving model of challenging sick people and those unable to advocate for themselves to deny benefits.