Opinion: Conservative and Liberal voters agree that economic inequality must be addressed. But politicians are focused elsewhere.
Question: The media are riveted by the SNC Lavalin affair at a time when Canada is in the midst of a full-blown cultural storm over race and immigration. Why does one issue swamp the national debate while the other, which is at the very heart of how Canadians define their country, lie almost mute in the inky depths beneath public discourse?
The short answer to all these questions is that Liberals, Conservatives and the media are pinioned by their own narratives while the public’s overwhelming concerns are somewhere else.The Conservatives now have a lock on working class and non-university educated support. They have a 16-point advantage with men.
For their part, Liberals can read polls. And because of that fact, the recent federal budget offered good things for millennials : government help for first-time home-buyers ; a cut in the interest rate on student loans ; measures to boost job skills and even measures to encourage individuals to buy electric vehicles .But both of Canada’s major political parties lag behind the public’s judgement that something politically, culturally and economically is wrong with how the country is working.
Two years ago, in a speech to an elite German business audience in Hamburg, he set down his convictions. He said that companies are contributing to public anger when they post record profits on the backs of workers who are underpaid and overworked. He said: ”It’s time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your workers the benefits and peace of mind that come with stable, full-time contracts.
Across the border, politicians declaring their candidacies for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2020 are advocating for both wealth taxes and rising top marginal tax rates to popular acclaim. They are talking about inequality and promising to level the playing field in militant language — they’re using the word socialism, for heaven’s sake — seldom heard from American legislators.
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