It91裸聊视频檚 time to put your money where your mouth is 91裸聊视频� or as the case may be, where your pet91裸聊视频檚 mouth is.

The chatter on the Capital News91裸聊视频� social media accounts continually reflects a local interest to see businesses provide a wage that area residents can survive on. Whether it91裸聊视频檚 mandated by government or simply the fruits of a successful enterprise seems to be the only point of contention in this 91裸聊视频渟unshine tax91裸聊视频� beleaguered corner of the world.

Well, someone91裸聊视频檚 gone and done it. They91裸聊视频檙e offering the wage we91裸聊视频檝e all been saying is needed.

In case you91裸聊视频檝e missed what I believe to be the most important story this week, Buckerfield91裸聊视频檚 announced that as of Sept. 2, all of its full-time staff at eight stores on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, Okanagan and Shuswap will be paid according to a 91裸聊视频渓iving wage91裸聊视频� scale.

A living wage being the standard of pay based on actual living costs in a given region. Around here, according to the Central Okanagan Regional District,that was $18.42 as of 2014.

It91裸聊视频檚 a significant departure from B.C91裸聊视频檚 mandated minimum wage of $11.35 an hour and it offers more people in this valley to live well.

It91裸聊视频檚 yet to be seen whether it will be tenable, but I suspect it is, especially if we all decided to support it.

And why wouldn91裸聊视频檛 you?

It91裸聊视频檚 not simply dollars and cents we91裸聊视频檙e talking about. This decision says this corporation values and respects its employees and it91裸聊视频檚 showing it in the only way it has to offer91裸聊视频攆air remuneration.

If they can succeed doing it they will prove definitively that those in this valley who don91裸聊视频檛 pay a fair wage, yet seem to live quite well themselves, aren91裸聊视频檛 savvy business owners.

They91裸聊视频檙e failing to show respect to the very people who ensure they are able to make ends meet and why should we, as consumers, respect that?

So, for the first and likely only time of my career I91裸聊视频檓 going to offer some shopping advice91裸聊视频攈ead to the store that offers you more than the goods that get rung through on the till.

Spend your dollars in a way that proves you respect your neighbours and see value in the work they do. Maybe, it will come back in spades 91裸聊视频� shovels, rakes and general well-being.