In a COVID hotspot, Canada’s election prompts little enthusiasm
Al Jazeera
Residents of Ontario’s Peel region, hard-hit by coronavirus, express muted interest in upcoming federal vote.
Brampton, Ontario, Canada – After Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election last month, he defended the decision to hold a vote during the coronavirus pandemic by saying Canadians needed to choose “how we finish the fight against COVID-19”.
But in Ontario’s Peel region – a sprawling area west of Toronto that is home to 1.5 million people and was one of the parts of the country hardest-hit by the virus – the electorate has shown little enthusiasm for going out to vote.
“I think it was a really dumb idea,” Brampton resident Pam Bates told Al Jazeera before Election Day on September 20.
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