(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Conservative party remains ahead in Canada, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies released by the Toronto Star. 39 per cent of respondents would vote for the Tories in next month’s federal election.

The Liberal party is second with 23 per cent, followed by the New Democratic Party (NDP) with 18 per cent, the Green party with 10 per cent, and the Bloc Québécois with nine per cent.

Canadians renewed the House of Commons in January 2006. The Conservative party—led by Stephen Harper—received 36.3 per cent of the vote, and secured 124 seats in the 308-member lower house. Harper formed a minority administration after more than 12 years of government by the Liberal party. In December 2006, former environment minister Stéphane Dion became the new leader of the Liberals.

On Sept. 14, Canadian transport minister Lawrence Cannon urged Quebecers to support his party, saying, "After 18 years in the House of Commons, [Bloc Québécois leader Gilles] Duceppe can’t point to a single accomplishment, not a single concrete result for Quebecers to show for it."

The next federal election in Canada is scheduled for Oct. 14.

Polling Data

If a federal election were held tomorrow, which one of the following parties would you be most likely to support in your constituency?

Source: Angus Reid Strategies / Toronto Star
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,007 Canadian adults, conducted from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12, 2008. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.

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