Pollster tells conservative gathering Liberals seeing a resurgence

OTTAWA – A longtime conservative pollster is warning the movement that the Liberals are seeing a resurgence, and it’s not just a flash in the pan.

Carleton University professor Andre Turcotte asked the conservative audience at a conference by the Manning Centre for Building Democracy not to shoot the messenger.

It was the fifth year he has delivered state-of-the-movement polling results to the conference.

Turcotte says that the numbers were not moving in the right direction for the Conservative party, and it’s been a trend for two years.

He says even on handling the economy, respondents selected the Liberals ahead of the Conservatives as the best party.

The former pollster for the Reform Party says the Liberal label is stronger than it’s been in four years, and is proving its resilience.