Under the proposed standards, companies would have to pay workers 120 per cent of the province’s minimum wage, not including tips, from the time they accept a ride-hailing or delivery assignment through its completion.
The rate is higher than B.C.’s minimum wage – currently set at $16.75 – because it would not apply to the time spent waiting between assignments, according to the Ministry of Labour.
I wasn’t old enough to be paying attention at the time, but in hindsight it really looks like the Liberals sold off the fast cats at such a low price to make them look like even more of a failure than they were.