What matters to voters in Mississauga in the federal election
CBC
The voters of Mississauga have backed the winning party in each of the past four federal elections.
That makes the city a good litmus test of voter sentiment in a campaign that's rolling out amid U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of slapping crippling tariffs on Canadian goods and even forcing the country to become the 51st state.
CBC News spoke to voters at random in a Mississauga in a supermarket parking lot, outside a shopping mall and beside the city's main library. Here's what they had to say about what matters most to them heading into the April 28 federal election.
Manuel Vieira is undecided about how he'll vote but is quite decisive when asked what issue is top of mind.
"Trump, that's my first thought," said Vieira. "If we don't have a.country, then there's no point of worrying about health care or anything else."
He says he has voted both Liberal and Conservative in the past and backed Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives in last month's provincial election, specifically because of Ford's stance against Trump's threats.
This will be Waheed Hyder's first federal election since becoming a Canadian citizen. He says "inflation, the effect of taxes and the tariffs" are what matter most to him.
Hyder says he has not decided which party he'll support but is now open to voting Liberal since Justin Trudeau resigned.
Whoever forms the government, Hyder says they need to put the people first in their decisions.
For Tanisha Francois Cassel, the U.S. president is also top of mind.
"Obviously Trump, he's one of the issues," she said.
She says she's also concerned about the affordability of housing and the cost of post-secondary education.
She says governments should invest more in education to make it cost less. "Give back to Canadians, and we're able to give back to our economy."
Asked what matters to her most in the election, Eniber Cabrera says it's "that Canada stays strong as a country, that we're independent and free."
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