Mulcair and Harper in virtual tie for best Prime Minister, while Trudeau falls behind
Posted Jun 16, 2015 11:23 am.
Last Updated Jun 16, 2015 2:37 pm.
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NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is in a virtual tie with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a new poll that asks, who would make the best prime minister?
The survey by Angus Reid shows 26% believe Harper is best for the job, 24% side with Mulcair and only 18% choose Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau has been seeing a slide in support for several months, as Mulcair and his NDP have seen gains.
The most common answer was actually “not sure,” which had 27%.
It’s not just Mulcair that is seeing some nice numbers, but his party as well.
The poll also shows the NDP is in first place for general support, with 36%, while the Conservatives have 33% and the Liberals are far back at 23%.
The New Democrats are showing a lot of strength with only 124 days until the scheduled October 19 election.
The House of Commons is expected to rise this week, and when that happens it will be considered the unofficial start of the election campaign. The government has already confirmed it doesn’t plan on recalling Parliament ahead of the vote, meaning party leaders will spend the summer campaigning across the country.
Maclean’s and Rogers have landed the first debate with all four major party leaders in attendance. It will be held August 6th and will air live on City, OMNI1, OMNI2 and CPAC on your television. It will be live-streamed on Macleans.ca, Citytv.com, CityNews.ca, OMNItv.ca, CPAC.ca, Facebook and YouTube.
Rogers Radio news stations will also carry the debate live on 680News.com, 570news.com, 660News.com, 1310News.com, News1130.com and News957.com. For multilingual audiences, OMNI Television’s coverage will be translated into Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Punjabi, while CPAC’s coverage will be in both French and English.
