PM pits working, middle class against ‘the wealthy’

As has been said in this space before, the road to victory in 2019 for the Liberals runs through Quebec. It depends on maintaining support of more than half of self-described left-of-centre voters.

Scheer can hammer away at Trudeau for characterizing “hard-working entrepreneurs” as tax cheats, but the Liberals don’t care.

They have declared a class war and seem prepared to lose some “blue Liberals,” if it means they keep the orange ones. Trudeau is using intolerance for inequality to pit working class and middle class voters against “the wealthy.”

The muted reaction from those not impacted suggests they have no concerns about living in a country where enterprise and aspiration are derided.

The incongruity of a campaign directed by two trust fund kids who ran their own businesses appears to be lost on voters.

Scheer pointed out the Liberal front bench seemed jittery at the proposal “but that’s nothing compared to the backbench.”

There is nervousness and it will likely result in the proposals being scaled back to ensure they don’t include farmers and convenience store owners.

But the demonization will continue. It is in the Liberal party’s political interests to make some Canadians worse off, rather than trying to make life better for everyone.

Theresa May was forced to deny that Boris is driving Brexit policy from the back seat. But there is no doubt that Trudeau is directing this tax reform from the front seat — and it will likely help sweep him back into power in two years.