Despite Greens’ rising popularity, NDP and Bloc more likely to hold balance of power in next House: pollster Lyle

If the current voting trends continued until election time, the Green Party could win 14 seats, says EKOS president Frank Graves. But he also says if progressive voters choose to vote strategically to prevent the Conservatives from forming government, they could vote for the Liberals.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Ms. May's Green Party has been recording historic highs in recent national polls, but pollster Greg Lyle predicts that the Bloc and the NDP will be more influential than the Greens after the next federal election.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of the Bloc Québécois

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 15, 2019

Although the Green Party is recording historic highs in public opinion polls and has made recent gains in a byelection and some provincial elections, pollster Greg Lyle predicts the New Democrats and the Bloc will likely be more influential if a minority government is elected in October's federal el...

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