Nova Scotia’s second minimum wage this year raised concerns from small business advocates. “The business environment over the past year has been turbulent and unpredictable,” CFIB director of legislative affairs for Nova Scotia Duncan Robertson said in a statement. However, close to six in 10 said increases to the minimum wage result in increased wages across all wage levels. The organization called on the provincial government to make the minimum wage policy more transparent and consider economic realities facing small businesses. Nova Scotia was one of five provinces to increase minimum wage Wednesday, joining P.E.I., Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.