I happened to see an ad for an admin type job requiring a university degree plus some experience. (No, I’m not looking for a job).  It was for full-time employment including evenings and weekends as needed and the pay was $15 an hour.  Without even recalling the exact Saskatchewan minimum wage I thought, “Good luck finding someone, you’re going to need it”.   Our province has the lowest minimum wage in the country at $14 an hour.  The good news, if you want to call it good news, is that we will rise to $15 an hour October 1^st, which will then tie us with Alberta at….the lowest in the country.   $15 an hour for an 8-hour day would be $2,600 a month out of which you’d keep $1,825 after taxes but not include what your employer may ding you for your share of any benefits.  That’s peanuts to pay for food, shelter, clothing and anything extra, like peanuts.   The highest minimum wage in Canada is in Nunavut at $19 per hour. The province with the highest minimum wage is BC at $16.75.  There is a federal minimum wage which applies to federally regulated industries and workplaces.  It is aligned to inflation and sits at $17.30 per hour.  Radio and tv broadcasting is in this category as are banks, airlines and airports and a number of other industries as well as the federal public service.  Federal or provincial, it’s obvious workers can’t make ends meet on just minimum wage, but some types of small businesses would be in a bind if those wages went higher and higher.  It’s a dilemma or maybe a conundrum.