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Never was.
Tipping should be a 0%+ thing: really good service is rewarded. I say this as a starving waiter from the college days. I made decent tips, but school was/is crazy-expensive.
Many regions are abolishing the lower minimum wage for servers. Your region could have already gone that route. Learn what the regs are and report or correct anyone saying otherwise: servers' wages start at the same minimum as the cook in the back.
Absolutely agree, I've been studying in Europe for the past few months and one of the best parts about going out to eat is having the price on the menu be exactly what you pay. No one expects you to tip. We should be including taxes in prices as well.
I grew up in Canada but now live in Asia. I dread, absolutely dread going to any country where 'tipping' is normal. Why do we have to pay someone to do their job? The price should be the price on the menu.
I would travel to any country in Asia that doesn't have tipping rather than go back to Vancouver to pay $12 for a beer and be expected to tip for someone taking a bottle of beer from the fridge. I could never move back to Canada. /rant over.
Not just Ontario -- even in other provinces!
But seriously, it's an educational thing, as employers seem to be ignorant about the new rules (which coincidentally will cost them more in payroll).