 “We have seen since the great global financial crisis, Canada has the strongest economic growth, the strongest job creation record and the strongest income growth for the middle class among any of the major developed economies.”
Between the second quarter of 2009, the trough of the financial crisis, and the first quarter of 2015, it is true that Canada outperformed its peers in the G7 in economic growth and in the number of jobs created. Due to a lack of comparative data on median household incomes across the G7 over the same period, we are withholding judgment on Harper’s claim that Canada has also led the G7 in middle class income growth.
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