As the federal election campaign continues, the latest Research Co. poll shows the governing Liberal Party with an eight-point lead over the opposition Conservative Party at the national level among decided voters (44 per cent to 36 per cent).

The remaining contenders are in single digits: the New Democratic Party at eight per cent, the Bloc Québécois at five per cent, the Green Party at three per cent and the People’s Party at one per cent.

The Liberals have gained three points since late March, while the Conservatives and the New Democrats have lost one. Support for the Liberals among decided voters reaches 51 per cent in Atlantic Canada, 48 per cent in Ontario and 44 per cent in British Columbia. We need to go back to the original Trudeaumania in 1968 to find a level of support this high for the Liberals in B.C. (42 per cent).

In Quebec, the Bloc is now in third place with 19 per cent, as decided voters coalesce around the two federalist options: the Liberals (47 per cent) and the Conservatives (22 per cent).

Canada-U.S. Relations continues to galvanize the electorate, with 31 per cent of likely voters (up one point) saying it is the most important issue facing the........

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