Mexican-Canadian voter worried about ‘the future for our kids’
Hello from Kingsville and Leamington, two southwestern Ontario towns where I am reporting live today on CBC News Network. These communities are hubs for greenhouse vegetable growers, and I’ll have more to report on that later today.
Leamington has a large Mexican community, in part because of farm workers who came to work here and stayed. We popped into Tacos Tony and met owner Maria Hernandez, who immigrated to Canada more than 30 years ago.
While serving tasty tacos and other authentic Mexican dishes last night to both Mexican and Canadian customers, Maria shared what’s on her mind during this election.
“The future for our kids. We want all the best for them,” said Hernandez, who has four grandchildren. She said a clean environment is also important to her, and was one of the reasons she moved to Leamington from Toronto.
On the trade war with the U.S., Hernandez said Trump is looking out for his country, and Canada has to do the same. She has made up her mind as a voter but kept her choice private.
When I asked two different customers what they want Canada’s leaders to prioritize, they both said affordable housing.
“What happened to the two- or three-bedroom family home for a few hundred thousand dollars, instead of the $800,000 monster homes?” said Hillary Leipold. “Yes, make homes, but make them available to everyone, not just one demographic all the time.”
