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A pre-debate state of the race

As Canada’s main party leaders face off tonight in the only English language debate, we’re looking at what the latest polls say they need to do at this crucial moment.
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Composite illustration featuring L-R: Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Composite illustration featuring L-R: Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. (Blair Gable/Reuters, Paul Daly/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press, Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Front Burner25:23A pre-debate state of the race

With just over a week until election day, Canada's main party leaders go head to head tonight in the only English language debate. 

So, where does the campaign stand? Is anything shifting? How do people feel about the leaders at the moment? Where are parties drawing their biggest support and losses from? 

David Coletto, the CEO of the polling firm Abacus Data, joins the show today to tell us what the latest polls are saying.

He will rejoin the show as just one of several special guests on our election night livestream, Monday, April 28. Watch it on the CBC News YouTube channel and CBC News on TikTok. 

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