The black market for unskilled labour is coming soon.

[White_Unifier]

Ottawa businesses fear wage hike could force layoffs - Ottawa - CBC News

With the minimum wage so high, I can bet that unskilled workers will be offering to work under the table to get a job, and employers will feel tempted to take them up on the offer.

On second though, maybe they'll be better off not paying taxes.

 

[Angstrom]

Soon it won't be worth getting up to go too work anyways. If you're not making 75$ a hour its a waste if you live in our bigger cities

 

[taxslave]

Construction has been largely under the table for years. Not just for unskilled labour either.

 

[Danbones]

also there is working for barter and trade.

I just got a bunch of nicely aged cherry for doing some guitar work
wooohooo!!!

canoe paddle time!

 

[darkbeaver]

I got some really big old eastern hemlock for new house shiplap, twenty by twelvex twelve slabs for sure covers a homemade fast tar paper underneath hemlock framing, same with the trembling aspen I think they are. My father could carve lifelike figures me I just make variations of boxes.

 

[Danbones]

Hey! That's a real life like box you have carved there...

that's the life!

 

[Bar Sinister]

Ottawa businesses fear wage hike could force layoffs - Ottawa - CBC News

With the minimum wage so high, I can bet that unskilled workers will be offering to work under the table to get a job, and employers will feel tempted to take them up on the offer.

On second though, maybe they'll be better off not paying taxes.

Actually that is already happening to avoid both the GST and PST.