SURVEY: . . . Liberals would get 'supermajority'

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If Canadians went to polls today, Liberals would get 'supermajority', survey says

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JOANNE LAUCIUS, OTTAWA CITIZEN
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Published on: May 16, 2016 | Last Updated: May 16, 2016 7:01 AM EDT

The honeymoon with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party just keeps on going, according to a Forum Research telephone survey. FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESS

A telephone survey of more than 1,500 Canadian voters has concluded that we would do it again — and then some.

Vote Liberal, that is. A random sampling of 1,517 Canadians over the age 18 by Forum Research found that 52 per cent would vote Liberal if an election were held today, enough to create a Liberal “supermajority” in the House of Commons, stealing almost all of the NDP seats and a few from the Tories.

“The Liberals started with a honeymoon. At this point, not only is the honeymoon still on, but the Liberals are still gaining,” said Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff.

If the poll results were projected to the House of Commons, the Liberals would take three-quarters of the seats — 261, compared to the 184 they won in the federal election last October — while the Conservatives would have 69 seats compared to the 98 they currently hold. The NDP would hold just seven seats, according to the survey. They won 44 last fall. The Green party would retain Leader Elizabeth May’s seat.

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