Liberals’ lead could change if domestic concerns surpass U.S. tensions, says pundits, pollster

Prime Minister Mark Carney 'is still largely untested' in the political arena, and Jamie Carroll said 'Liberals should take almost no comfort from sitting on top of the biggest, fastest polling swing in modern Canadian history. It's a helluva lot better than being on the other side of it, but the folks I speak to on the campaign appreciate the precariousness of the moment.'
Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May, left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault.

The Liberals have been boosted in the polls because of public concern about how Canada should deal with the United States, but a shift in focus to more domestic policy issues could make the outcome of the election much harder to predict, say lobbyists and pundits.

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