Liberals hold steady post budget, but pipeline talks may test progressive coalition, pollsters say

With the small increase in favourability numbers for both the Liberals and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s after the budget and the Ottawa-Alberta MOU, ‘the last thing the Conservatives should be doing is attacking the NDP,’ says pollster Nik Nanos.
Mark Carney
The 'slight' boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney's polling numbers may be due to the 'hope' the budget offered to Canadians that he 'might have a plan,' says Abacus Data CEO David Coletto.

Post-budget polling suggests the Liberal government has emerged from the passage of its first budget last month largely unscathed.

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