[LINK] "Poll shows Justin Trudeau’s Liberals slipping further behind"

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Donovan Vincent in the Toronto Star reports on a Forum Research poll suggesting the Liberals will slip even further in behind. Could the party recover from a second federal defeat, especially if the NDP continues to make inroads?

The federal Liberals are now trailing in third place behind the NDP and Conservatives who are tied for the lead in voter support, according to a new Forum Research poll.

The latest results, taken from a random sampling of 1,200 Canadian voters show the Conservatives and New Democrats tied at 32 per cent support each.

About one-quarter would vote Liberal (26 per cent) if a federal election was held today, the poll suggests.

If these results are projected onto a 338-seat House of Commons, the Conservatives would seize a minority government of 155 seats, 15 short of a majority, according to Forum.

The NDP would grab 120 seats, the Liberals 59, Forum says.

In tracking the race between the three leading parties, Forum results in the past year have shown the Liberals under Justin Trudeau go from being comfortably out front, to a three-way tie, to the current third-place position.