Kathleen Wynne deals major blow to Tim Hortons

[mentalfloss]

Channelling populism.


Tim Hortons controversy shows Canadians are 'addicted to a low-wage economy,' says author

Controversy over the heirs of the Tim Hortons empire cutting worker benefits at their smalltown Ontario franchise is bad for the entire Tim Hortons brand, says writer Douglas Hunter.

CBC News reported Wednesday that the owners of a Tim Hortons in Cobourg, Ont., are eliminating paid breaks and cutting back on employee benefits to compensate for Ontario's minimum wage hike.

The franchise owners are Ron Joyce Jr. and his wife Jeri-Lynn Horton-Joyce. The former is the son of Ron Joyce, who co-founded the chain in 1964. The latter is the daughter of Tim Horton himself.

As It Happens host Carol Off spoke to to Hunter, the author of Double Double: How Tim Hortons Became a Canadian Way of Life, One Cup at a Time.

This afternoon, the premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, called the owner of this franchise, Ron Joyce Jr., she called him "bully." Would you agree with that?

It's setting up the way I think the premier would like it to go, which is the heir to a large restaurant fortune taking on the minimum-wage people. And I have great empathy for the minimum-wage people, but I think this is turning into kind of a binary fight.

There's 3,500-plus Tim Hortons in Canada. There's 1,400 McDonalds in Canada. We have a big low-wage, minimum-wage service sector and this is the trickle-down we're having from the minimum-wage increase and it's playing out through the industry, and now we're finding out how it's working — for good or for ill.

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[Walter]

It's funny that the dyke-bitch bully is calling others a bully.

 

[B00Mer]

What pisses me off about Timmies is that they don’t make their cups more eco-friendly..

Canadians continue to toss them into the streets not caring about the environmental impact. They don’t degrade like McDee’s or other fast food cups.

It's funny that the dyke-bitch bully is calling others a bully.

So you’re homophobia is clear.. way to go Walter.

 

[Hoid]

If it will get the idiots to stop blocking traffic I am all for hurting tim horton's.

The one in Salmon Arm used to actually block the highway when it got busy.

 

[petros]

It's going to be making lots of calls to employers calling them "bullies".

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

As I understand it Tim Horton's head office is refusing to allow them to hike their prices so obviously the cost of the new wages has to come from somewhere. I guess they decided to not lay off some workers.

 

[taxslave]

Gee who didn't see this coming?

 

[petros]

Wynne.

 

[taxslave]

There are few places where any small business can cut costs except labour. Technology will take the place of many unskilled workers. Already most big stores have self checkout. Many of them even require you to bring your own bags or pay extra.

 

[Cannuck]

Technology will take the place of many unskilled workers.

I often wonder if that is why you're so salty all the time

 

[Jinentonix]

Gee who didn't see this coming?

Anyone whose head is shoved so far up their ass their zipper whistles every time they sneeze.
The Wynned Bag was told numerous times this kind of shit would happen but in neo-Libtard la-la land, emotion driven policy wins out over evidence-based policy pretty much every time.

So, it would seem the real bully is the stupid twat who listened to absolutely nobody and decided she was going to do whatever the f*ck she wanted, regardless of the damage it may cause. And now she's freaking out on a pair of Timmy's franchise owners because they refuse to go along with her bullshit. I feel sorry for the employees but let's fact it, the blame lays squarely on the shoulders of a govt who doesn't give flying f*ck about anyone but themselves and their pig trough cronies. Never mind creating the conditions that led to this type of "revolt" in the first place.

What's really f*cking amusing though are the people who support increased wages in the fast food industry. Many of them are the same people wailing on about the environment and climate change. Flossie in here for example, cheers the slow destruction of Canada's oil industry and the loss of those living wage jobs while championing higher wages in what is one of the most destructive industries and likely the most wasteful industry on the planet.

 

[justlooking]

are eliminating paid breaks and cutting back on employee benefits to compensate for Ontario's minimum wage hike.

Oh you mean they had to drop extra benefits they were paying out in lieu of higher wages.

Well then the employees can thank the Windbag for their troubles.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Not really a fan of Wynne or Tim's, but $14.00 an hour isn't much. Sure, they make less profit, but it won't put them out of business and the minimum wage should have been brought up a long time ago. Tim's in Alberta already pays $15.00 an hour.

 

[B00Mer]

 

[mentalfloss]

Poor Timmy.

 

[petros]

Yeah no doubt getting blown by Wynne is shocking.

 

[captain morgan]

Yeah no doubt getting blown by Wynne is shocking.

That mental image just put me off my lunch

 

[petros]

I already ate.

 

[captain morgan]

I already ate.

Surprised that you could keep it down

 

[petros]

I hate to say it but I've seen worse.