Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives lead the Liberals in projected seat victories for Canada’s next federal election, according to pollster Nanos Research.
“In the latest Nanos seat projections that we do, we actually have the Conservatives winning more seats than the Liberals, which means there will be a chance of not just a Liberal defeat, but of the Conservatives having a chance to form a government,” said pollster Nik Nanos during an appearance on CTV News’ Trend Line podcast on Oct. 5.
The Liberals won 160 seats compared to the Conservatives’ 119 in the snap election Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called in September 2021.
Led by Erin O’Toole, the Conservatives won the popular vote, but heavily lost seats to the Liberals in Ontario and Quebec, which hold a combined 198 seats of the country’s total 337….