Who will speak for the working class?

Economic conditions are literally killing people in the United States, and the problem could spread to Canada if nothing is done.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk a lot about the middle class, but their latest budget doesn't help young people struggling to get into or not fall out of the ranks of the middle class, writes Murray Dobbin.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MURRAY DOBBIN

April 3, 2017

POWELL RIVER, B.C.—A recent report out of the United States raises questions about politicians’ obsession with the state of the middle class and highlights why Donald Trump won the U.S. election. It is a sobering picture and a scathing indictment of neo-liberalism—particularly so-called free ...

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