B.C. bracing for election with Carney expected to call vote by Sunday [Video]

British Columbians will likely be headed to the polls soon, with Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to call a snap election on Sunday.

It comes with U.S. tariff and annexation threats now a key election issue, and amid a dramatic reversal of the federal parties’ fortunes, according to recent polling.

After holding a commanding 25-point plus advantage, the Conservatives have slid to second place according to Ipsos polling. Carney’s Liberals have surged to first place with 42 per cent support, and the NDP has collapsed to just 10 per cent nationally.

“It’s unprecedented, I have never seen anything like it at the federal level, I have never seen a political party driven into the ground by a leader come back to life,” University of the Fraser Valley political scientist Hamish Telford said.

“The implosion of the NDP is one of the big features of the polling that we have seen. …