How a 1.5-km stretch of industrial park captures key campaign issues [Video]

From accountants to drywallers, CBC’s Hallie Cotnam headed to Canotek Road to find out which election issues matter most to those working at small businesses there.

Sometimes gritty, sometimes glossy — the Canotek industrial park in Ottawa’s east end is home to dozens of sprawling commercial buildings housing hundreds of tenants, from sole proprietors to businesses with hundreds of employees.

Along this 1.5-km stretch, a wide variety of industries are represented, including automotive garages, construction companies, HVAC and plumbing outfits, metal fabricators and a popular brewery.

CBC dropped by to ask what folks on Canotek Road have to say about Monday’s election.

Eric Schiemann is restoring a table that’s been handed down for multiple generations. He’s one of few remaining furniture refinishers in the Canotek Road industrial park in Ottawa’s east end. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC)

Furniture refinisher Eric Schiemann voted for change, marking his ballot at an advance poll.

“I don’t …

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