In Canada, the middle class is a significant focus for political campaigns, with party leaders proposing tax cuts aimed at this demographic, which they often see themselves belonging to. However, as living costs rise, the traditional markers of middle-class life become less attainable, particularly for younger individuals. Opeyemi Kehinde, a nursing student and mother of five, exemplifies this struggle: she redefines middle class as merely having enough savings to survive two weeks without a paycheque, highlighting the expanding gap between political narratives and everyday realities.
Her definition of "middle class" is simply having enough money to survive for two weeks without a paycheque. Right now, her family doesn't meet that threshold.
Nearly every major party has pitched some kind of middle-class tax cut or break on the campaign trail, in cuts that would take billions out of the federal coffers each year.
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