Conservatives overtake Liberals’ lead, poll shows, while SNC-Lavalin affair unfolds

Campaign Research's poll was conducted while the fallout from The Globe and Mail's report on SNC-Lavalin and the Prime Minister's Office was unfolding. CEO Eli Yufest says it was a 'pure coincidence.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, centre left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. In Campaign Research's latest survey, the Conservatives appear to have overtaken the Liberals' lead in the polls.The Hill Times file photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

February 15, 2019

After several months of running neck and neck in the polls, the federal Conservatives appear to have a five-point lead on the Liberals, according to a recent poll. The Conservatives appear to be chipping away at the Liberals' chances of securing another majority in October, with Andrew Scheer's par...

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