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Average hourly wage in Canada now $34.95: StatCan
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I can almost guarantee you that very few (if any) service industry jobs are paying $34.95 per hour.
The $34.95/hr average is stated as the average for permanent positions. I doubt many of the service industry jobs are permanent positions.
Our economy is looking really great if you squint your eyes in a very particular way.
Most are in my experience. Permanent position really just means there’s no pre-arranged end date for the position as opposed to say covering a maternity leave where you’ve been specifically given that position for just until the permanent employee comes back. Unless otherwise negotiated any permanent employee can be let go with 2 weeks(depending on provincial regulations) notice.
My thoughts also. Who is making that much?
Meanwhile a few posts down the Lemmy feed: Families and CEOs behind Loblaw, Empire, Metro have donated $150,000 to two main parties
"The gains" in your quote (when taken in a fuller context) is referring to number of jobs added. It's not related to the average hourly wage.
I understand that. I was simply commenting on the fact that probably none of those service industry jobs provide the average wage reported by StatsCan in the same article.
Even if it was, it means that two full time average salaries aren't even enough to buy a less than average dwelling in any Canadian cities.
And if they are, those aren't anywhere near full time hours.