“Inclusive growth” was the strongest element in Liberal messaging that indicated low-income Canadians — and not just those in the middle class — might be included among Liberal priorities. And now it’s gone, replaced by yet more verbiage about the middle class. The NDP’s preferred child-care option is still a public day-care service that would — for various reasons — disproportionately benefit well-off families. The NDP’s inability to make a stronger stand on the tax cut is almost certainly due to the Liberals’ introduction of the CCB. The NDP would do well to concentrate their efforts on these groups, perhaps elaborating on their 2015 proposal to strengthen the working income tax benefit.

Source: National Post September 26, 2016 17:26 UTC