Federal politics: liberals and conservatives are tied

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Guillaume St-Pierre

Friday, 13 October 2017 11:27

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The liberals of Justin Trudeau and conservative Andrew Scheer are neck-and-neck in voting intentions at the national level, according to a new survey published Friday.

The two federal parties collect each 35 % of the vote, while the Trudeau government was preparing to celebrate its two years in power.

The NDP is lagging behind on the bracket, with 18 % of voting intentions across the country.

The good performance of the conservatives in terms of voting intentions hides, however, a weakness : the concentration of its support in three provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“The support of the party is so focused in these areas that the conservatives may have less good results than expected in terms of the number of elected mps,” says the pollster Angus Reid.

The liberal party remains very popular in Quebec (40 %) and Ontario (37 %), two provinces with a large number of seats.

In la Belle Province, the liberals are far ahead of the conservatives (20 %), the NDP (18 %) and the Bloc québécois (16 %).

The personal popularity of the prime minister also continues to grow, particularly among the young and women, with 50 % of favorable opinion, according to the stroke of the probe conducted by the Angus Reid group.

In comparison, the leader of the conservatives Andrew Scheer and the chief of the new democrat Jagmeet Singh, widely unknown to the general public, collect 35 % of favourable opinion.

Good and bad shots

The survey also looked at good and less good shots in the government. Among the decisions popular with the public, we find the constitution of a firm joint, the approval of pipelines and the imposition of measures to combat climate change.

Conversely, the agreement, $ 10.5 million contract with the ex-child-soldier Omar Khadr, the abandonment of the electoral reform and the new targets of immigration to the increase are of greatest disapproval among the general population.

Widely criticized by the business community, the tax reform for SMES the minister of Finance, Bill Morneau receives the assent of a majority of Canadians.

The survey, with a margin of error of 2.5 %, 19 times out of 20, was conducted online with 1492 people, from 10 to 12 October last.