Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his speech. I largely agree with most of the sentiments he expressed therein, but it is hard to vote and to debate rationally without some facts on the table.
The first question I would have is this. Has he or has his party done a study on the inflationary effects, or not, of his proposal?
Second, has the member considered what potential job losses may accrue, or not as the case may be, by virtue of raising the minimum wage rate?
Third, has he considered the effect on unpaid internships, whether in fact those people who are possibly laid off by virtue of $15 an hour now get turned into unpaid internships?
Fourth, has he considered the regional distribution? There is a hot labour market in Alberta and in a lot of other places there is not.
I would be interested in his thoughts on any one or all of the above in 15 seconds or less.