First-time voter attended rallies for both Poilievre and Carney
Amour Baza will turn 18 just in time to vote in the federal election. Baza speaks to the CBC’s Marina Von Stackelberg about attending both Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s rallies. Baza says he is still deciding who he will vote for.
I’m one of the reporters covering the Conservative campaign. I’ve been to Pierre Poilievre’s rallies all week — in B.C., Alberta and Ontario.
Many of the people I spoke to at the rallies were Conservative supporters before coming.
But last night, I met 17-year-old Amour Baza, who will turn 18 just in time to vote in the federal election.
Get this: yesterday, he went to both the Poilievre rally in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., and the Mark Carney rally earlier in Hamilton.
He told me he hasn’t made his mind up yet about who he wants to vote for, but he wanted to make an informed vote — so he decided he would go hear directly from both leaders.
Baza said he’s excited to be part of the democratic process and wants to encourage other young people to do their research before casting their ballot.
In the video above, you can hear some of our conversation after the Conservative rally last night.
