text: That's an 87.5% increase from the $8/hr wage in 2007, more than three times the rate of inflation for 12 years in a row.  I believe in a living wage, but on a 40-hour week that's $31,000 per year. Pretty steep for an employer,  and even steeper when you include the 20% additional employee cost (UI, CPP, etc), additional holidays, the Liberal introduction of family day, cap and trade, on and on.  I already closed my Ontario business laying off 25 people, and moved west. Good riddance.