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GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. — Justin Trudeau has identified what’s ailing Canada’s middle class but he won’t be rushed into offering any prescriptions.

The Liberal leader says that will have to wait until the party unveils its platform for the 2015 election.

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“This is not something to take lightly,” he said during a break in a Liberal caucus retreat aimed at plotting strategy for the resumption of Parliament this fall and beyond.

“It’s not something to reel off because people want answers. People want answers but people want to be part of generating those answers.

“And that’s where the Liberal party is absolutely serious about the kinds of meaningful consultation and working with

Canadians to build a platform that reflects both the priorities, concerns and solutions that Canadians are generating across the country.”

Trudeau made improving the lot of middle class Canadians the central pillar of his leadership campaign and has continued that theme since becoming leader in April. But while he and other Liberals frequently rattle off statistics demonstrating that middle-class families are struggling to make ends meet, he has yet to spell out what he’d do to help them.