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What do B.C. voters care about this federal election? According to 3 of them, tariffs and the cost of living [Video]

Tariff threats. A housing crisis. The ever-increasing cost of living. 

That’s what’s on people’s minds as they head to the polls in B.C., according to three voters who spoke with The Current‘s Matt Galloway ahead of the upcoming federal election.

With election day set for April 28, The Current is criss-crossing the country, talking to voters about who they are voting for and why. We kicked off our tour in Surrey, B.C., a border town with a booming population and lots of businesses that face hardship should the U.S. president impose the tariffs he’s threatened.

Around a breakfast table, here’s what one longtime NDP voter, an NDP-to-Liberal convert, and a first-time voter casting a Conservative ballot all had to say about the election.

Kuznik is voting in a federal election for the first time in 2025. He plans to vote Conservative in part because of Pierre Poilievre’s housing promises. (Enza Uda/CBC)

Connor Kuznik

At 20 years old, this election marks the first time Connor Kuznik will get …

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