One thing people aren't mentioning is the increase use of food banks.
I suspect that the Food banks are being used, due to the amount of increased debt households have. For a long time people have been used to cheap lines of credit, with the increase in inflations caused bank rates to increase significantly. Interest rates on these have double if not tripled since 2010.
So a big job of the new Federal government will be to address the household debt on lines of credit.
That means the Fed Gov needs to create more better paying jobs that last longer.
The problem here (like the USA), is the moving of big manufacturing to Mexico since the signing of NAFTA back in the 90s.
Here is one on workers for farm equipment....
The other thing is food is getting more expensive here in Canada. Loss of farmers raising beef and chickens. This stuff going big business (always going wage cutting) and the ideal of profit, profit, profit.
The answear is Robin Hood style of government, taking from the rich and giving to the poor....
Going to simple interest on mortgages, and debt reduction.