So, the typical Wente methodology. Find (or invent?) an anecdote, quote a right-wing think tank, case proven! Of course, research based on careful study will simply be ignored, who needs that? Ontario has the second-highest proportion of minimum wage workers in the country (after PEI), despite a relatively high cost of living. Raising workers' wages will help increase economic activity and may well help many of those businesses struggling in small-town Ontario. Many rigorous, academic studies demonstrate that raising the minimum wage has little to no effect on employment - but of course Wente will find an anectode to refute the evidence.