OTTAWA — The Liberals speak constantly of strengthening the Canadian middle class, but any precise definition of that amorphous category of people getting all the attention has always been ambiguous at best. Statistics Canada has no clear definition of the middle class either, although they usually look to trends in median income. “Obviously, the middle class means different things to different people,” said Andrew Heisz, the assistant director of the income statistics division. Stephen Gordon, an economist at the University of Laval, said there is no perfect way to define the middle class. “If they are going to say ‘Our priority is the middle class,’ nobody wants to hear, ‘That means not you,”‘ Gordon said.

Source: National Post September 22, 2017 08:26 UTC