Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks to reporters at a farmer's market in Ottawa on October 11, 2009.BLAIR GABLE
Michael Ignatieff is surely hoping this is rock bottom.
A new public opinion survey shows support for the Liberals has slipped to 23 per cent - well back of the 38 per cent support for the front-running Conservatives.
The survey was taken from Nov. 14 to Nov. 16, which is before news broke this week regarding the treatment of Afghan detainees.
It shows the Conservatives are essentially at the same level of support, 37.6 per cent, they received in the 2008 election, while the Liberals under Mr. Ignatieff are now three points lower than the 26.2 per cent the party received in 2008 under previous leader Stéphane Dion.
Support for the NDP has remained constant at 17 per cent this fall, which is one point below the party's 2008 results.
The Angus Reid/Toronto Star survey polled 1,005 Canadian adults who are part of an Angus Reid Forum online panel. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
In contrast to the same survey company's results for Oct. 23-24, the Tories are down two points, the Liberals are down three points, the NDP are unchanged, the Bloc Québécois is up two points and the Green Party's support jumped from seven per cent to 11 per cent.
Bill Curry