TORONTO, ON

Local Mennonite MPP Allan Schultz is calling for the Ontario government to set the minimum wage at 15 cents an hour, a rate he claims is a lot more than he “got for catching chickens back in the day.”

“What the people need is a real living wage,” explained Schultz. “One dime and a nickel should be more than adequate to meet the needs of hard-working Ontarians of the 21st century.”

Schultz decided on the rate, which he believes will be a significant raise for most Ontario Mennonites, after considerable deliberation and reflection on his time as a boy back on the farm.

“I got up at 4, milked the cows, schlepped some manure for an hour or two, then walked ten miles to school,” said Schultz. “When I came home it was another five hours of chores…and for all this I didn’t get a c

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