On Thursday, Sept. 5 at Brampton’s City Hall, Vision Brampton and 20 other youth-led community organizations hosted the Civic Action Forum 2019 — a community panel and federal candidate debate.

The forum was proposed, organized and held in partnership with the Young Brampton Coalition, 20 community organizations ranging from climate justice to women’s empowerment advocacy. All of the organizations are independent and unfunded.

The event was the first of its kind for Brampton — completely run by the youths.

Before the debate (which has eight Brampton candidates participating) we asked some of the attendees what they think is the most important issue in this election. Here is what they said.