Middle-Income Families and Conservative Government Report

Conservative government report: That's the blunt assessment of an internal Conservative government report, an unvarnished account of the plight of middle-income families that's in contrast to the rosier economic picture in this month's budget. Middle-class votes sought for 1 big reason Average family income in Tory budget 'make believe' Middle-class retailers dying a slow death: Don Pittis , according to CBC. "The wages of middle income workers have stagnated," it says, referring to the period from 1993 to 2007. "Middle-income families are increasingly vulnerable to financial shocks." 'The market does not reward middle-income families so well. As a result, they get an increasingly smaller share of the earning's pie.' - Internal Conservative government report Canada's middle-class is mortgaging its future to stay afloat, making the Canadian dream "a myth more than a reality." The document was prepared last October by experts in Employment and Social Development Canada, the department that runs the employment insurance fund and other income-support programs. The Canadian Press obtained the report under the Access to Information Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.