Burnaby Now February 14 2018

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THE SOUND OF A NEW YEAR:

Traditional Korean drummers put on a show for shoppers at Lougheed Town Centre on Saturday. The performance was part of a Lunar New Year celebration hosted by the mall that also included a martial arts demonstration and a Lion dance. This year, Chinese New Year’s Eve is Feb.15, and the Year of the Dog begins Feb. 16. The celebrations go on for 15 days. For more photos, go to www. burnabynow.com. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER/ BURNABYNOW

BURNABY BOARD OF TRADE REACTS

Minimum wage hike too fast for business By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

By June 2021, the minimum wage in B.C. will rise to $15 – an jump the Burnaby Board of Trade says is happening too fast. Premier John Horgan announced the provincial minimum

wage would rise to at least $15.20 by 2021, following recommendations laid out by the Fair Wages Commission, the independent body tasked with making recommendations to guide the province toward a $15-an-hour minimum wage. The first increase will happen

along the lines of five or six years, and somewhere where it was linked in some fashion to the consumer price index so that it was a predictable and steady increase,” he told the NOW. In November, the Burnaby Board of Trade released a report warning the Fair Wages Commis-

sion against rushing increases to the minimum wage.The report was based on feedback Burnaby businesses provided to the board of trade, and, while overall businesses in the city supported a $15-an-hour minimum wage, many were concerned it would be Continued on page 8

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June 1, when it goes up $1.30 to $12.65 an hour. Subsequent increases will take place in June 2019, 2020 and 2021. But Burnaby Board of Trade president and CEO Paul Holden says the government’s approach is too hasty. “We were looking somewhere


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