Majority of Canadians Say Ottawa on ‘Wrong Track’ to Help Middle-Class: Survey Report

A rider takes a subway train at a Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto on April 1, 2023. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press

Middle-class Canadians are tired of the rising cost of living and the “high tax burden” placed upon them, according to research for the Privy Council Office (PCO).

Focus groups from across the country told pollsters doing in-house research for the PCO that the federal government has failed to address the issues most important to Canadians.