New Brunswick Wages are the Worst in Canada

According to statistics, wages in New Brunswick are taking a down turn and falling behind the rest of the country for the first time in the province's history.

So far this year New Brunswick wages are the worst in Canada, averaging around $5.00 a week lower than last year. If wages don't recover before winter, the 74-year streak of posting higher wages will be out the window.

The unemployment levels in New Brunswick have shot above 10 percent since last July. The loss of jobs from NB Power's Point Lepreau Generating Station hasn't helped. To make things worse the provincial government has been making deals with 0% wage hikes with its workers for the past couple years.

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