Ontario election: PCs show biggest lead since turn of the century, Ipsos poll finds [Video]

The Progressive Conservatives hold the largest lead recorded for a party since “the turn of the century,” a new poll has found, with Doug Ford well out in front of the rest at the start of Ontario’s snap election campaign.

The survey, conducted exclusively for Global News by Ipsos Public Affairs, suggests if the election were held tomorrow the PCs would form a third consecutive majority government, with greater support than both the NDP and Liberal votes combined.

Fifty per cent of decided and leaning voters said they would cast a ballot for the Progressive Conservatives, while 24 per cent would choose the Liberals. The Ontario NDP polled at 20 per cent, with the Greens at six per cent.

“This is the biggest lead we have seen any party have in Ontario since the turn of the century,” Darrell Bricker, Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, said.

“Last time Doug Ford won …