Feds’ labour data shows wage gap for Indigenous workers

[ASFN Admin]

A new tool created by Ottawa to reveal potential barriers in the workplace shows a significant gap in wages for Indigenous workers. On Friday, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan launched a tool called Equi’Vision that reveals Indigenous workers’ mean hourly wage is about nine per cent less than non-Indigenous workers' hourly earnings across Canada. Experts say the gap is evidence of systemic inequities. “I think anybody with a sane mind would agree that there should be no wage gap,” said Rodney Nels

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