"It’s not just about putting a little more money in peoples’ pockets"

Uh yeah, Justin, it is. Of course you have never in your life had to choose between food and shelter so you wouldn't get that.

As for the rest of the article it keeps coming back to the middle class. Minimum wages aren't about the middle class. They are about low income Canadians.

And it might have been a more useful article had the author actually stated the current federal minimum wage.