Ontario's governing Liberals say the minimum wage increase they brought in will help low-income workers more than an income tax cut proposed by the new Progressive Conservative leader.
Labour Minister Kevin Flynn took aim at Doug Ford's plan in a news conference this morning, saying the newly chosen Tory leader and his party ``just don't care about workers.''
Ford has said that if the Tories form government after the spring election, he would freeze the minimum wage at $14 rather than bumping it to $15 next year as the Liberals plan.
The former Toronto city councillor has told media outlets he instead wants to eliminate income tax for those making less than $30,000.
But Flynn says the majority of those who earn less than $30,000 already don't pay income tax, and the rest pay less than $500 a year.
The minister says the minimum wage hike would give people significantly more money close to $2,000 a year for full-time workers than the tax cut would save them.