Costs, tariffs, health care top Manitobans’ concerns
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WINNIPEG — The cost of living, Canada-U.S. relations and health care are the top concerns for Manitoba voters ahead of Monday’s federal election, a new Probe Research survey found.
Those polled were asked to choose which of the three main party leaders they think is best suited to tackle seven important issues.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was viewed as the strongest on the overall cost of living and inflation, health care, crime/public safety, taxes and the cost/availability of housing.
“This does give Poilievre a bit of an opportunity in the final days of the campaign to really start hammering home, as he already has been, some of those issues around the cost of living, and your kitchen table issues,” Probe Research partner Mary Agnes Welch said.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney was considered the strongest on Canada-U.S. relations and tariffs, and the state of the overall economy.
“I think it’s a feeling, whether you love this or not, that Carney has operated in high-stakes environments on the world stage more than Poilievre has,” Welch said.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ranked second in one category (health care) and third in the six remaining areas.
Probe asked an online panel of 800 adults, between April 8 and 14, to rank up to two issues (from a list of 15 options that included “none of these/unsure”) that were most important to them.
The overall cost of living and inflation was cited as a top concern by 34 per cent of respondents, followed by Canada-U.S. relations and tariffs (32 per cent), health care (23 per cent), the state of the overall economy (21 per cent) and crime/public safety (15 per cent).
Older Manitobans and Liberal voters are much more likely to view Canada-U.S. relations and tariffs as their key issue, the poll found. Younger Manitobans are more concerned about the cost of living, housing and jobs.
Probe asked respondents to rank five Manitoba-specific issues. The top three were expanding the Port of Churchill for oil, gas and critical mineral exports; making downtown Winnipeg safer; and providing more financial assistance to farmers or companies negatively affected by U.S. and Chinese tariffs. About one in five respondents (21 per cent) replied “none of these” or “unsure.”
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