We are cursed by so called experts, elitists all, whether from the left or the right. They are those who rationalize everything for their own  narcissistic  aggrandizement. Ontario's minimum wage increase is too far and too fast. It will destroy jobs. Unless a hike in minimum wages is tied to a robust earned employment income plan, poverty will not be alleviated. Why these self-proclaimed experts cannot see this for what it is, a desperate move, by an extremely unpopular Premier to curry favor with the electorate, is beyond me. Perhaps they are blinded by their own self-importance.