Tories Lead By 21 Percent in New Poll as Voter Opinion Unchanged Following Liberals’ Budget Release

The Conservative party has maintained its large lead over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals according to a new poll, despite a host of new funding announcements in the government’s recently released budget. The Pierre Poilievre-led Tories have a 21 percent lead across all demographic groups in every region of the country with the exception of Quebec, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests. “There has been no movement in the polls in favour of the Liberals over a week after the federal budget was announced,” Abacus CEO David Coletto said in a blog post. “At 21 points, this Conservative lead represents the largest we have ever measured for the party.”...