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As Canada closes out 2025, the Conservatives are suddenly polling higher than at any point since the swearing-in of Mark Carney as prime minister.

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In the last days of December, several pollsters posted year-end results finding that the Conservatives and Liberals would be neck and neck in a federal election.

A Dec. 19 poll by Innovative Research had the Liberals and Conservatives tied at 39 per cent. A Dec. 22 Liaison Strategies poll had them tied at 38 per cent. And a