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Want to improve a child’s health? Sometimes that may mean giving their parents a raise

Alberta’s leadership on increasing the minimum wage is a promising prescription for the health of its children. It’s also a bold experiment in economic governance that other provinces would do well to watch closely—and hopefully many will follow suit.

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BY CHRISTINE GIBSON, RYAN MEILI
July 18, 2016

Opinion | BY CHRISTINE GIBSON, RYAN MEILI | July 18, 2016

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