K-W VOTES | Environment, women's health major issues in Kitchener Centre

As they've knocked on doors and talked to voters over the last few weeks, the candidates in Kitchener Centre have been hearing about a number of issues that are top-of-mind as the election nears.

Candidates say those includeaffordable housing, women's health rights, the environment, infrastructure funding for municipalities and the impact the opioid crisis has had on the city.

There are six candidates currently in the running for Kitchener Centre.

Liberal candidate Raj Saini is the incumbent.

He's taking on the former MP for the riding, Conservative Stephen Woodworth. They're also facing NDP candidate Andrew Moraga, the Green Party's Mike Morrice, Patrick Bernier of the People's Party of Canada and Ellen Papenburg of the Animal Protection Party of Canada.

About the riding

Population: 105,258

Number of voters: 77,887

The seat is currently held by Liberal Raj Saini, who won the seat in 2015. That year, he beat the incumbent, Conservative Stephen Woodworth, with 48.78 per cent of the vote to Woodworth's 30.36 per cent of the vote.

Woodworth held the seat from 2008 to 2015. In 2008, he beat then Liberal MP Karen Redman. Redman had been the MP for the riding in 1997, when she beat the Progressive Conservative's John Reimer.

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