Study Reading Between the Lines (pp. 146–147) about the market for young workers in British Columbia. a. If the minimum wage in British Columbia were abolished, what do you predict would happen to the...

Study Reading Between the Lines (pp. 146–147) about the market for young workers in British Columbia.

a. If the minimum wage in British Columbia were abolished, what do you predict would happen to the quantity of labour employed and the average wage rate?

b. With the abolition of the minimum wage in British Columbia, who would gain and who would lose? Would society gain or lose?

c. Why do you think a large number of British Columbians and the government of British Columbia support the minimum wage?

d. Why do you think Ms. Ivanova wants to raise the minimum wage to
10 an hour?