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Hamilton-Niagara

Working Toward a Living Wage in Hamilton

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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As the pandemic brings economic hardship to more people, calls to raise wages at the City of Hamilton are get louder. Hamilton-Niagara Hub journalist Justin Chandler looks at what it would take to create a living wage in that region.

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Opposing Ontario's COVID-19 Response

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