These farmers want cost of living, cutting taxes and tariffs to be the focus this election. Here’s why [Video]

Sam Van Uden, 21, runs the seeder on a prairie farm in southern Alberta. It’s good hours, but the paycheque doesn’t stretch the way it did for young adults who used to start this way.

That’s what he wants this federal election campaign to focus on, and he’s not alone. 

“Talking to my parents, the money that I’m making now would have done them really well 15 or 20 years ago. But now it’s nothing,” he said.

“Grocery prices are through the roof, gas prices, vehicle prices…. The new middle class isn’t $70K to $80K a year. It’s $120K to live that middle class life where you actually own a home, you own one or two vehicles newer than 10 years old and can afford to put your kids through sports.”

“It’s just, it’s really hard trying to push and build a future for ourselves.”

CBC News was at the …