You don’t need an economics degree to tell that prices have skyrocketed over the past few years. Any Canadian who buys groceries, fills up the gas tank or pays rent knows that inflation has taken a big bite out of their take-home pay.

The same goes with our crumbling standard of living. Canadians can sense that it’s deteriorating in a number of ways: fewer job opportunities, higher taxes, mounting debt and less money to pay the bills.