Low-income seniors say they've been ignored this election

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Gary Springman, 72, says he tries to keep his grocery bill to $100 a month. But he often ends up spending more, which is out of his budget.

“I’m below the poverty line. I spend half of my money on rent, which doesn’t leave me a heck of a lot of anything for me and my two kitty cats that I love,” he said, speaking from his home in London, Ont.

Springman lives alone and uses a walker.