Even Green Party supporters put affordability ahead of climate in terms of importance, according to Abacus. The Liberals saw affordability as Part 2 of the middle-class campaign that helped propel them to power in 2015. The icing on their affordability cake was, in their eyes, an income-tax cut for everyone except the top income bracket. They too proposed an income-tax cut, although theirs doesn’t cut the rich out of the benefits, and it doesn’t help the very poor. Get The Lead newsletter Start getting your whip-smart guide to Canada's 2019 federal election in your inbox.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 02:26 UTC