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TORONTO -- Anti-poverty activists say hiking Ontario's minimum wage to $11 an hour effective June 1 will still leave workers living in poverty, while convenience stores say it shouldn't result in higher prices.

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the 75-cent-an-hour increase, the first change since the Liberal government froze the wage at $10.25 an hour four years ago.
Sonia Singh of the Workers' Action Centre says the minimum wage needs to be increased to $14 an hour to give workers enough to live on.


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