“Canadians know who’s in the middle class and know what their families are facing and we focus more on the actual issues,” the prime minister said during an interview with Breakfast Television in Toronto.

But his pick for the role has also struggled to define the term inherent to her job title.
“I define the middle class where people feel that they can afford their way of life,” explained Ottawa–Vanier MP Mona Fortier during an interview on The Current last month. “They have quality of life. And they can ... send their kids to play hockey or even have different activities.”

“The Government of Canada defines the middle class using a broader set of characteristics than merely income,” Morneau said in the House on Jan. 30, 2017. He suggested the term to be more reliant on ideological markers than economic.
“Middle-class values are values that are common to most Canadians and from all backgrounds: they believe in working hard to get ahead and hope for a better future for their children,” he said. Aspiring to adequate “housing and health care, educational opportunities for their children, a secure retirement, job security” and “modest spending on leisure pursuits” are other traits that are common among this group, Morneau added.

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