Carney and Poilievre are fighting an election that’s about both change and stability [Video]

According to survey data released last week by Pollara, Canadians are evenly split on whether they want this federal election to result in “change” or “stability” — 46 per cent of Canadians want change and 45 per cent want stability.

Among those who want change, 47 per cent say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would best deliver that change, while 20 per cent said Liberal Leader Mark Carney would. But among those who want stability, 66 per cent say Carney would best deliver it, while 18 per cent said Poilievre. (Dan Arnold, Pollara’s chief strategy officer, was director of research for the Trudeau government from 2015 to 2021.)

Such numbers might speak to one of the central divides of this election — and explain why Carney’s Liberals have staked out a lead with two weeks to go.

Poilievre has been promising change for more than two years and it is still …