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Can the Liberals really deliver on their promise for a strong middle class? If the real test of a strengthened middle class is an increase in the median inflation-adjusted hourly earnings of Canadian workers, then there are reasons to have doubts.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has failed to provide a serious analytical framework for addressing the middle-class challenge, writes David Crane.
TORONTO—The Liberals won the federal election just over a year ago, running on a platform entitled “A New Platform for a Strong Middle Class." This is the core pledge made to Canadians by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government. But can the Liberals really deliver? If the real ...

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