Canada’s Trudeau in tight election race

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberal party is tied in national opinion polls with Andrew Scheer’s Conservative Party ahead of a federal election on October 21


Liberal Party of Canada 
Justin Trudeau 
Swept to power on progressive agenda in 2015, but series of scandals could dash his chances of reelection

Conservative Party of Canada 
Andrew Scheer 
Career politician promising to scrap national carbon tax and cut government spending by 25 percent

New Democratic Party (NDP) 
Jagmeet Singh 
Charismatic former criminal defence lawyer is first person of colour to lead major political party in Canada

Green Party of Canada 
Elizabeth May 
Longtime activist looking to gain seat numbers, with climate change polling as one of top issues in election


FEDERAL ELECTION VOTING INTENTIONS: Averages from publicly available polling data of decided and leaning voters (%) 

				Oct 16
40				32.1%
30 				31.1%
20 				18.3%
10				8.2%
0				6.9%
				2.6%
  JUN 	JUL 	AUG 	SEP	OCT


Start of campaigning
Blackface scandal 
Final leaders’ debates

                                      
Sources: AP, Bloomberg, CBC News, Reuters
Pictures: Associated Press
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