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1. Prime Minister Trudeau thinks Canadians achieve better lives through government dependence

   If families who receive CCB transfers begin to earn a higher income, their cash transfers will be reduced—a disincentive to hard work. ...

2. Trudeau government has raised income taxes on majority of middle-class Canadian families

   Appeared in the Financial Post, September 27, 2017 On the campaign trail Justin Trudeau promised to cut income taxes on middle-class Canadian families. Since becoming prime minister, he and his government have repeatedly claimed to have kept this promise. ...

3. 81% of middle-class families pay higher income taxes due to Trudeau government changes

   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has repeatedly claimed to have cut income taxes on middle-class Canadian families—a key campaign promise. But as a recent study finds, reality does not match the government’s rhetoric. When all ...

4. Measuring the Impact of Federal Personal Income Tax Changes on Middle Income Canadian Families

   Select your family type: Select your family's income range: Select your family's income range:   During the 2015 federal election campaign, the Liberals pledged to cut income taxes on Canada’s middle class. Since coming into office, the ...

5. Federal minister paints misleading picture of Canada’s middle class

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, March 17, 2017 Billed as a pre-budget briefing, federal minister and well-regarded economist Jean-Yves Duclos recently gave a high profile presentation on the purported worrisome state of Canada’s middle class. One can only ...

6. Three reasons why Canada’s middle class is doing better today

   For years now, politicians and pundits have been peddling a pessimistic view that Canadian middle-class families are stagnating economically or even falling behind. Fortunately, this gloomy view is not true. Here are three key reasons, ...

7. Canadian middle-class incomes, purchasing power up dramatically

   Appeared in Toronto Sun, October 1, 2016 Many Canadians may think times are tougher today compared to several decades ago. You can’t blame them. We’re regularly told by politicians and pundits how middle-class families are stagnating economically or even ...

8. The Myth of Middle-Class Stagnation in Canada

     A frequently heard complaint is that for the past several decades middle-class workers and families in Canada have stagnated economically. A typical rendition of this claim appears in the 2016 federal budget from the Department of Finance in Ottawa: ...