Mark Carney’s popularity takes a hit, poll shows

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal popularity took its first major hit in Abacus Data’s most recent polling, while the overall numbers still show a neck-and-neck race between the Liberals and Conservatives.

The polling done exclusively for the Toronto Star shows the Liberals and the Conservatives tied at 41 per cent, with the NDP a distant third place with nine per cent of decided voters and the Greens at two per cent.

The Bloc Québécois has the support of 30 per cent of voters in Quebec, putting them in second place behind the Liberals who have 37 per cent support in the province. In Ontario, the Liberals have 45 per cent support to the Conservatives 44 per cent, with the NDP at seven per cent.

The overall numbers for the parties have barely changed since this spring’s electi