Essex candidates weigh in on Line 5, health care and protecting migrant workers
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Local candidates are weighing in on the topics that matter to you in this election.
Ahead of the Sept. 20 federal vote, CBC Windsor asked participating candidates in Essex their views on three different topics: protecting migrant workers, pipeline policy and health care.
These questions come from your concerns. In the lead-up to the election, CBC Windsor ran an informal online survey asking the community about its top priorities.
NOTE: For this project, CBC Windsor extended invites to candidates from parties that received five per cent of the vote or more in the last federal election. The incumbent Conservative candidate for Essex, Chris Lewis, declined to participate.
Not an Essex resident? Check out our interviews with Windsor West candidates, and stay tuned for Windsor-Tecumseh coverage.
Here's what the participating candidates had to say in response to the questions:
A voter in your riding says more needs to be done to protect migrant workers and ensure better living conditions. If you are elected, how would you improve the safety for migrant workers in Essex, not just amid this pandemic, but overall?
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