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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
As with post secondary education (Again a provincial responsibility), I don't really see how the Liberal platform does less for students. I'll admit the Conservatives don't have an answer on this.
The reason why the middle class is shrinking has nothing to do with domestic policy and everything to do with global trade. All of a sudden, doing menial tasks at a manufacturing plant doesn't buy you a single family home with a big yard and a nice family sedan. If people want those jobs back in Canada they're going to have compete on wage and productivity with other places in the world. Of course in order to compete we won't see wages at a rate that can buy middle class existance in Canada.
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You really think domestic policy has nothing to do with the stagnant or declining purchasing power of the middle class?
If anything one of the solutions to the problem you describe is more investment in post-secondary. If we cannot compete with manufacturers overseas then we find a better advantage. Information economy services, the like, they all require educated people to perform those tasks. THe more educated from more university access could be very good economic policy.
Countries in Europe have done just that. Look at how small Norway and others are leaders in software. Why can't Canada be?