Mr. Chair, in fact, since there are about 28 million taxpayers, this means that 19 million Canadians will not get a dime from those tax cuts.
The problem lies with the definition of “middle class”. If the average income in the country is about $40,000, according to Statistics Canada, and the median income is $31,000, we can all agree that a large portion of the middle class will not get one red cent.
My question is very simple. Given these definitions from Statistics Canada, what is the minister's definition of the middle class?