Some stakeholders have pointed to the possibility that there could be competition between the new federal minimum wage and a different provincial minimum wage rate, now that there would be a free-standing federal minimum wage.
On the other hand, some stakeholders have stated that putting in place a free-standing federal minimum wage would address the divergence in minimum wage rates for employees in the federally regulated private sector across different provinces before this free-standing minimum wage was put in place.
(Clause 248 agreed to on division)
(On clause 249)