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We put your questions to Windsor's mayoral candidates. Here are their answers

The mayoral election is less than two weeks away and candidates are trying their best to get their voters out to the polls and win new voters over.

CBC interviewed all seven mayoral candidates in Windsor

The mayoral candidates in Windsor for 2022
CBC spoke with all seven mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election. (CBC)

The mayoral election is less than two weeks away and candidates are trying their best to get their voters out to the polls and win new voters over.

Undecided voters are also making up their minds about who to support.

CBC Windsor has interviewed every candidate to discuss everything from housing to the economy to crime and violence in the city.

Watch and hear what each candidate has to say:

Benjamin Danyluk

Benjamin Danyluk is a first time candidate who is concerned about the direction the city is heading. 

First time candidate

2 years ago
Duration 3:10
First time candidate Benjamin Danyluk speaks with Windsor Morning host Nav Nanwa about his decision to run.

Listen to a longer version of Danyluk's interview with Nav Nanwa below:

Making downtown safer

2 years ago
Duration 3:12
First time candidate Aaron Day says he was attacked in downtown Windsor in 2018, now he wants the highest seat in the city to make downtown safe again.

Aaron Day

Aaron Day is a first-time candidate who is running because of an incident where he was beaten in the city's downtown centre. His main issue is downtown safety.

Incumbent seeking to remain

2 years ago
Duration 17:50
Drew Dilkens has served as Windsor's mayor since 2014 and he wants to keep his job. Windsor Morning host Nav Nanwa sat down with him to ask some voter questions.

Listen to a longer version of Day's interview below:

Expanding services

2 years ago
Duration 3:30
Matthew Giancola wants to expand transit routes and spreading out services for people in poverty and those facing addictions across the city.

Drew Dilkens

Drew Dilkens was first elected as mayor in 2014 and hopes to win a third term in office. He says economic development is his top issue facing the city.

Challenger from the chamber

2 years ago
Duration 16:06
Chris Holt has represented Ward 4 as a councilor for the past two terms. Now he's challenging for the city's top seat. Morning show host Nav Nanwa sat down with him to find out why he thinks people should vote for him.

Matthew Giancola

Matthew Giancola wants to see more services for people facing addictions spread out across the city, rather than having them concentrated in the downtown core. 

'The Bacon Man'

2 years ago
Duration 2:44
This isn't the first run for Ernie Lamont, otherwise known as 'The Bacon Man' but he still has a lot to say about how the city has been run and what he would change if he were in office.

Listen to a longer version of Giancola's interview with Nav Nanwa below:

'I want to create jobs for Windsor'

2 years ago
Duration 4:46
Windsor mayoral candidate Louis Vaupotic outlines his vision on housing, downtown safety and transportation across the Detroit River.

Chris Holt

Chris Holt has served as Ward 4 councillor for the last two terms. He runs two businesses in town and lists road safety among his top priorities. 

Ernie Lamont

Ernie Lamont, otherwise known as the Bacon Man, is a meat vendor in the city. It's his fifth time running for mayor. He wants to see more homes being built more quickly in the city.

Listen to a longer version of Lamont's interview with Nav Nanwa below:

Louis Vaupotic 

Louis Vaupotic has a vision for a cross-border transportation project on the Detroit River.

With files from Nav Nanwa and Jacob Barker