Tariffs, sovereignty, and Canada's big election.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.

More now on how the trade war is cited as a key reason Canadians have now voted to keep liberals in power

after rival conservatives had been polling so strongly until recently.

It has to do with the policies of a leader south of the Canadian border,

who's been in office for exactly 100 days now. Marketplaces Kimberly Adams went to polling places

in the province of Ontario yesterday and joins us this morning. Hey, Kimberly.

Good morning, David. The U.S. putting import duties on stuff from Canada that had been a close U.S. trade partner, it's on voters' minds, but would you say top of mind, Kimberly?

It was certainly top of mind for a lot of the voters I talked to yesterday. Almost everybody brought it up at those several polling places I visited in various electoral districts, which they call writings here, by the way.

And here's a bit of what folks said when I actually asked them about their top issue influencing their vote.

Honestly, it's a terrorist. It's causing all of us grief.

Because of the trade war, a lot of people are scared for their job.

And now because of the trade war, everything is slow down.

Like, clearly we have some threats from the U.S. that we're not used to. And that's not only

threatening our sovereignty, but also threatening our economy. Voters Priscilla,

Gima, Ruchir, Patel, and Doug Lee there.

So under Canada's parliamentary system, you vote for a member of parliament for your district,

you're riding, but then that adds up to the leader of the country. What did voters tell you

they want in a new leader? I definitely heard about wanting action on domestic issues like crime,

immigration and housing. But again, the relationship with the U.S. and how Canada's new prime

minister will manage it came up a ton.

I would hope we have a strong leader who can stand up for the foolishness that he's putting forward.

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