Canada elections: Kitchen table economics looms large

As Canadians go to the polls on Monday, blistering inflation has made the Trudeau government’s handling of the economy a central campaign issue for voters.

Toronto, Canada – Jenefer Lindsay plans to vote in Canada’s federal elections on Monday, but she is so disheartened by the state of the economy, she doesn’t see the point.

Wearing a neon yellow vest, the 66-year-old who immigrated to Canada from Jamaica in 1994 lives and works in North York, a working-class inner suburb of Toronto.

“I’ve been a crossing guard for two years now,” Lindsay told Al Jazeera. “I used to do dishwashing in a processed food factory. “I do babysitting. I do everything. Whatever I get to do, as long as I’m getting an honest pay.”