Wed Sep 21, 2022 – 6:46 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – If a Canadian federal election were held today, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) under its new leader Pierre Poilievre would beat out the Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a new poll.
The Liberal-inclined pollsters at Abacus Data found that 35 percent of respondents would vote for the CPC under Poilievre, with only 30 percent voting for Trudeau. In third place is the NDP at 17 percent, with the Bloc Quebecois showing nine percent of the votes.
Conducted after Poilievre was announced the winner of the CPC, the poll also found that the People’s Party of Canada under Maxime Bernier has four percent support.
Overall, the poll shows that the CPC under Poilievre has most of the support in all prairie provinces. In Alberta, he has 56 percent support, with 51 percent in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
In British Columbia, Poilievre has 33 percent support, which would give his party the lead in that province.
In Ontario, Poilievre has 38 percent support, which would mean a CPC victory in that province is more than likely.
However, the poll also shows that while
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