The newly expanded riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish is looking like a two-horse race between the Liberal and Conservative candidates, with some saying it could come down to which party leader is seen as the strongest to deal with the tough tariff talk coming from the United States.

Two of the candidates say there are local issues that need to be discussed, but that's not what they're hearing at the doorstep so far.

"I think more than any other election in our history, this one's going to be…