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‘They haven’t got a competitor who’s even remotely close’: Liberals on track to win majority in expected September election, but still a few wild cards

Based on the latest Ekos poll, the only threat to a Liberal majority government comes not from the Conservatives, but from the NDP and possibly the Bloc Québécois, who share the progressive-voter space with the Liberals. Frank Graves says the longer the Liberals wait to call an election, the more they risk having other, less-favourable issues emerge.

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July 5, 2021

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