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The document, drawing on three years of " internal research," was prepared for the department's deputy minister, Ian Shugart, shortly before the resumption of Parliament last fall. " In Canada, political parties are making the middle class a central piece of their agendas," notes the presentation. A department spokesman, Jordan Sinclair, said in an email the research " was not linked to the parliamentary schedule or topics raised within the House of Commons." The authors say middle- income families have seen their earnings rise by an average of only 1.7 per cent a year over the 15 years ending in 2007. " The market does not reward middleincome families so well," says the report. " As a result, they get an increasingly smaller share of the earning's pie" compared with higher- income families. Shugart was also told middle- class workers " get lesser government support for their work transitions," referring to a sharp fall- off in employmentinsurance benefits compared with other economic groups. The analysis stops short of the 2008 global recession, though other analysts have noted the economic crisis wiped out many well- paid manufacturing jobs in central Canada that have supported middle- class prosperity. The report also refers to debt, saying " many in the middle spend more than they earn, mortgaging their future to sustain their current consumption." " Over the medium term, middle- income Canadians are unlikely to move to higher income brackets, i. e., the ' Canadian dream' is a myth more than a reality." Current Conservative messaging emphasizes a million new jobs created since the recession, Canada's relative economic stability compared with other industrialized countries and various tax cuts provided to " average" families since 2006. - The Canadian Press Middle- class dream a ' myth': internal report SCAN PAGE TO READ THE REPORT By Dean Beeby B_ 08_ Feb- 24- 14_ FP_ 01. indd B8 2/ 23/ 14 6: 14: 57 PM ;