Healthcare woes, well-being and changing the future: voters' views ahead of Ontario election
CBC
The provincial election is less than a month away, and it's expected the writ will drop any day now.
As we head into the provincial campaign, Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives are starting with a sizeable lead in voting intentions and are heavily favoured to win the most seats, according to the Ontario 2022 Poll Tracker. The Liberals under Steven Del Duca are running second in the polls ahead of Andrea Horwath's New Democrats.
To get a better sense of how the public is feeling, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo visited the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market last Thursday to ask voters about their top concerns.
Waterloo high school students Lily Burrowes, 18, Nicole Bald, 17, and Alex Kourvetaris, 18, all said they haven't been paying close attention to the election just yet.
"I mean, I just turned 18, so I haven't really been thinking about it," Burrowes said.
Kourvetaris says he will talk to his parents about what's happening.
"But most of the time I'm not really focused on politics because I've got calculus and that's, like, already enough trouble," he said.
Bald, who won't turn 18 in time to vote in the provincial election, says her top issue is education and finding a way to pay for it. She also wants to take a year off to travel between high school and post-secondary.
"Budgeting is kind of difficult," she said.
Burrowes and Kourvetaris both said they don't know yet who they'll vote for in the election.
"I kind of have an idea-ish, but not really," Burrowes said.
Kourvetaris said he knows "every vote matters" and it's important to vote because it "can actually have an impact … changing how your future will look."
He said he's also very aware videos or posts on social media sites, like TikTok and YouTube, may not always be accurate.
"Perspectives are very skewed," he said. "I think it's really important to look at both sides and really make your opinion rather than just following a certain source."
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