Weakened employment standards have cut earnings.
from The Tyee
"BC has acquired the dubious 'distinction' of being home to Canada's largest income gap, highest poverty rate, and second highest child poverty rate. It also has greater employment insecurity and lower hourly wages than the national average, even though BC is the province with the highest cost of living in Canada.
"How has this occurred in such a rich province, where many are clearly doing very well?
"BC's poor record on income polarization and poverty is closely related to the low-wage policies the BC government has implemented in the 21st century. Many of these policies were put in place through a huge number of changes to the one major protection workers have — employment standards legislation. These changes, beginning in 2001, represented a dramatic roll-back of worker rights. …"
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