If you had to pick the top issue for you in this federal election, what would it be? According to a survey by Angus Reid, issue number one is climate change.
Eighteen per cent of Canadians pick that as the most important issue when it comes to considering which party they will support in the federal election. Thirteen per cent choose improving health care access, and the amount of taxes they pay. Forty-one per cent who say climate change is their top issue are planning to vote Liberal, followed by the NDP at 36 per cent. Those who choose health care as their core concern give the Liberals an 11-point advantage.

Fifty per cent who say the amount of taxes they pay, and 73 per cent who say management of the federal deficit are their top issues, report that they intend to vote Conservative. Erin O’Toole is also the choice of 50 per cent for those who are most concerned with transparency and honesty in the federal government.

Fifty-five per cent of those who say they will be voting for the Tories say there is “a lot” at stake in this election, compared to 37 per cent of likely NDP and 33 per cent of Liberal voters who say the same.

More Key Findings:
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau continues to hold a position of strength in voters’ minds when it comes to his COVID-19 response. Three-in-five (59 per cent) who choose the pandemic as their top issue say they will be voting Liberal, an issue a majority of Canadians (56 per cent) rate a six or seven on a seven-point scale when asked how much they care about the issue personally.
Three-quarters of Canadians rank transparency and honesty in the federal government as a six or seven on the seven-point scale, including: 86 per cent of CPC voters, 72 per cent of NDP voters and 68 per cent of Liberal voters (see detailed tables).
Half of Bloc Québécois voters (48 per cent) say not very much or nothing is at stake in this election, the highest number of any party’s supporters.