I do not know if Canada has done aggressive QE to keep asset values afloat, like the US has. As people with larger incomes are the larger holders of assets (including stocks, real estate, other property), they are the biggest beneficiaries. That is the driver behind regular workers falling behind.

At least in the US, creating the problem by voting for or encouraging QE, handing out stimulus checks like there's no tomorrow, and then turning around and playing to the crowds by attacking CEO compensation is cheap grandstanding. A little bit of honesty about how these things contribute to the problem will no doubt make any politician unelectable.