National Tracker: Liberal Lead Shrinks to 2 Points as NDP Climbs to 11%

March 21, 2025
By:
David Valentin
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(Toronto, ON) – A new poll by Liaison Strategies for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC), the industry association representing Canada’s non-official language newspapers, TV, radio, and online news media, shows the race narrowing to a 2 point lead between the Liberals and the Conservatives with the NDP ticking up to 11%.

The rolling survey, conducted from March 18 to March 20, 2025, used interactive voice response technology to poll 1,500 Canadian voters. The results have a margin of error of +/- 2.53%, 19 times out of 20.

Liaison Strategies, a member of the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC), was the most accurate polling firm in the 2025 Ontario Provincial Election.

"Today's tracking shows a tight two-point race and serves as a reminder that the fortunes of the Liberals and Conservatives are closely tied to NDP support," said David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.

"The Liberals are down two points, while the NDP is up two. That doesn’t mean every voter shifted directly from the Liberals to the NDP—voters move in all directions. Some Liberals may have gone to Undecided, some Undecideds to the Conservatives, some Conservatives to the NDP, and so on. But the overall impact of a stronger NDP showing typically comes at the Liberals’ expense."

"That said, the Carney honeymoon continues. Maybe today marks the beginning of the end, or maybe this honeymoon lasts all the way to Election Day - only time will tell."

"Now’s a good time to talk about what happens when we see unusual regional numbers. Take the Greens in Alberta the other day—they showed up at 10% (they're at 5% today). It might seem like we should step in and adjust, but the reality is, we don’t touch the numbers at all. We publish as is. Why? Because regional outliers are normal, and it would actually be strange if we didn’t see any."

"A good example is Quebec. For several days, we've tracked a solid Liberal lead, but today’s numbers put the Liberals at 32% and the Bloc at 30%—statistically a tie given the margin of error. This could be the start of a new trend, or it could just be noise. Right now, we don’t know. But the only responsible approach is to trust the data, publish the numbers, and let trends reveal themselves over time. That’s exactly what we’re committed to doing."

"The trend is always more important than any one particular snapshot," concluded Valentin.

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About Liaison Strategies
Liaison Strategies is a national public opinion research firm. With 12 years of experience in Canadian polling, David Valentin, principal, has fielded hundreds of projects at the municipal, provincial and federal levels and appeared across Canadian media to discuss insights.

Liaison is a member of the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC), Canada’s voice of the research, analytics, and insights profession both domestically and globally.
About the NEPMCC
The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and integrate economic, social and cultural interests of Ethnic communities into the mainstream of Canadian society.

NEPMCC represents Canada’s Ethnic Press to the provincial and federal governments and is the major industry association for Canada’s non-official language newspapers, TV, radio and online outlets.

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