Freeland told an audience at Ottawa's Global Centre for Pluralism that "real structural issues" with capitalism in the 21st century are feeding disruptive populist trends. But in this century, Freeland explained, it hasn't delivered a comfortable, secure life to the broad middle class. She suggested that divisive populism grows parallel to middle class insecurity. She pointed to the Canada Child Benefit, increased support for seniors and students as examples of measures the government has taken to help the middle class. According to a report by Canada's budget watchdog published earlier this month, the federal government lost $1.6 billion in potential revenue in the 2015 tax year after its middle class tax cut measures.

Source: Huffington Post May 01, 2019 13:18 UTC