Improved Liberal fortunes in B.C. under Carney come at the expense of the federal NDP, polls show [Video]

With many expecting Prime Minister Mark Carney to call a federal election soon, new polling shows the federal Liberals gaining ground on Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. 

Some of that surge is coming at the expense of Jagmeet Singh’s NDP — particularly in British Columbia, where the New Democrats have 12 of their 24 seats.

Three polls this week — from the Angus Reid Institute, Ipsos and Liaison Strategies — show the ruling party surging nationally to lead its Conservative rival by less than a percentage point.

In B.C., CBC’s poll tracker, which averages polls that have come out this month, shows Liberal support at 36 per cent, the Conservatives at 41 per cent, with NDP support sitting at 14 per cent.

That’s a major swing from December when the NDP enjoyed 28 per cent support in B.C. and the Liberals under Justin Trudeau had just 16 per cent.  

“What you’ve seen is a coalescing of …