BY DAVID AKIN ,PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU CHIEF OTTAWA – The country’s two leading political parties are finding that pipeline politics is having a significant effect on voter’s partisan preferences, a new poll says. The federal Conservatives, strong proponents of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline which would carry Alberta crude over the Rockies to the northern B.C. port [...]
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Abacus Political Update: Federal Tories lead NDP by 5; Liberals hold steady According to a new national survey from Ottawa-based Abacus Data, if an election were held at the time of the survey, the federal Conservatives would lead the NDP by five points, based on a small decline in NDP vote intentions and a small [...]
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