Poll finds Liberals with ‘huge brand equity’ in Atlantic as MacKay rules out Tory leadership bid

Though she’s not eligible to run, Rona Ambrose has strong support to continue leading the party: pollster Graves.

Peter MacKay and his wife, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, at his retirement party in 2015. He ruled out a return to politics to run for Conservative leadership this week.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY TIM NAUMETZ

September 14, 2016

A new poll has found Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government at historic highs in Atlantic Canada, throwing cold water on the federal Conservatives during their foray into Halifax this week in an attempt to begin rebuilding support following the party’s 2015 election defeat in the region. Fully ...

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