A poll released this week by IPSOS found that Canada's left-wing liberals were supporting the Conservatives for the first time since 2021, just before the expected election to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
investigation, Published Two parties were found within the scope of each other's support errors alongside Media Outlet Global News on Wednesday. Approximately 38% of respondents said they supported the liberals, compared to 36% of conservatives. Support for the liberal far-right rival, the New Democrats (NDPS), has collapsed almost entirely to 12%. The margin for errors in the poll is 3.8%.
It is unclear at the time of reporting whether the vote is an outlier in indicating a liberal lead. Other votes have recently not seen a tally of a clear chance for the Liberals to win, but have recorded a decline in conservative support over the past two months.
The result was encouraging for liberals who saw their support plunged as Trudeau mistook the start of the US President Donald Trump administration last year, and he quickly disciplined Canada for not doing enough to stop human trafficking across the US border. Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods if Ottawa does not take his concerns seriously or take the threat he collected in Mexico seriously. China faces a 10% tariff threat against its large role in the fentanyl trade.
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Before the IPSOS poll released this week, conservatives led by Congressional member Pierre Poilievre were voted significantly higher than both the Liberal and NDP. At their peak, conservatives were I'm having fun Earlier this year, the Liberal Party led by 26%.
CBC's monitor The poll average was leading to conservatives as of February 23, but that is declining.
“For the seventh in a row, the margin between the Conservatives and Liberals has been reduced,” the CBC reported that day. “Conservatives remain their favorites to win the most seats in today's elections, but there's a quarter chance that the party can't secure a majority government.”
The latest estimates show that conservatives received 41.8% support, 27.4% support for the Liberal Party, and around 15% support for the NDP.
Canada is planning to hold a general election before October this year. Opposition parties have been calling for election as soon as possible in light of Trudeau's announcement in January that he would step down as prime minister, which Trudeau had held for about 10 years.
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Trudeau announced that he would step down altogether and choose a new leader for the Liberals until late March, rather than allowing Canadians to choose another leader. To do this, the Prime Minister used a procedure called “prologation” that paralyzes Canadian Parliament. Lawmakers are unable to meet and address important political issues since January and if progress continues, they will not be able to do so until March 21st.
IPSOS polls recognized widespread support for elections as soon as possible, rather than as possible, to set up a leadership team to address the threat of Trump's tariffs. Ipsos It has been reported 86% of respondents agreed to the statement, saying, “We need a federal election soon, so we can have a prime minister and government with a strong mission to deal with the threat of tariffs.” It's up from 77% who said the same thing. January. Almost half of Canadians said they “strongly” agreed to the sentiment.
The vote slides are mainly bad news from conservatives, but the Ipsos poll had a silver lining of Polyeble. 28% of respondents I said Poilierbre will have the best negotiations with Trump, all current party leaders, including candidates who lead the Liberal Party. Liberal leader Mark Carney has won 23% support as the most capable of dealing with Trump. Only 11% said Trudeau was most qualified to deal with Trump.
Poilierbre's conservatives struggle to establish themselves as the most offensive team to stand up to Trump's tariff threats while maintaining their conservative identity. Poilliebre is strongly and critical of the tariff threat, and simultaneously admits to agreeing to Trump's harsh assessment of border security and crime under the Trudeau administration.
“Common sense conservatives condemn President Trump's president's massive, unfair, unfair tariffs that undermine both the US and Canada,” Poilierbre declared in early February. “We shared the longest, defenseless borders and fought with the Americans in two world wars, South Korea and Afghanistan, where 158 brave men and women died, and the US revenges the 9/11 attack. There is absolutely no justification for these tariffs to take this treatment.”
But rather than inflicting policies that hurt the US economy or propose policies that directly oppose Trump, Poilliebre's signature policy proposal to address tariff threats consists of securing borders and taking action to respond to Trump's demands, and can withstand Canada's attractive trade laws to allow them to rely on the attractive trade laws they normally do.
