"Comments like these show the government asked someone for their opinion rather than doing any actual research."

Just look at the source... this particular agency deals with social programs... since social programs are by definition targeted at specific segments of the population, raising the wage for EVERYONE would leave them out of more tax dollars to play with.  (no different than the recent reports blaming AirBnB for Toronto's vacancy problems that was released by a social justice activism group whose answer was "more taxes to pay for subsidized housing").

The overwhelming majority of Trudeau's decisions have been completely contrary to the evidence.