Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 29th, 2025 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: September 29, 2025 - 18:02

Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 29th, 2025

September 29, 2025

Ontario’s minimum wage will be a little bit higher as of Wednesday morning, with the hourly rate set to climb to $17.60. That’s an hourly increase of 40 cents. However, that isn’t high enough for Laura Walton, the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour. She’s been fighting for a $20-per-hour minimum wage for the past 5 years. What should the limit be? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, a new Conservative activist organization is questioning whether Ontario’s Premier is Conservative enough. It’s time to talk politics on this fine Monday afternoon with our Political Heat Panel.



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