This article just fear mongers the worst scenarios imaginable. The minimum wage makes sense since Wages have fallen below inflation by like 33% in the last decade. Yes some employers will automate but they were already gradually doing this before the hike and I'm pretty sure the beneficiaries of such a wage hike aren't the ones paying mortgages or taking fancy vacations. They tend to be youth lacking a college degree who will spend their increase in earnings in the domestic economy to balance out the new costs to all employers. The weeds shops I agree with was stupid and even letting existing weed shops sell it is idiotic. The liberals should just sell it through existing LCBO outlets with a new retail law that says you can't purchase pot and alcohol together in the same transaction. Apparently the concern is that selling weed through the LCBO will encourage experimentation with alcohol. Well people thinking of that will do it anyway. So make them drive to 2 different LCBO outlets.