VICTORIA — Union leaders are in Victoria Tuesday calling on the B.C. government to raise the minimum wage to $13 an hour.

B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair said the minimum wage, temporary foreign workers and apprenticeships are on the agenda as labour leaders meet with Shirley Bond, the minister responsible for labour.

More meetings are planned Wednesday with Premier Christy Clark.

B.C.’s current minimum hourly wage was increased to $10.25 in May, 2012, but Sinclair said it still isn’t enough to pay monthly bills.

He said unions want the Liberal government to boost the wage to $13 an hour immediately, followed by annually adjusted cost-of-living increases.

Sinclair said unions will also ask Clark to adjust the current temporary foreign worker program to stop employers from using foreign workers to fill entry-level jobs at the expense of British Columbians entering the workforce.