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And welcome to British Columbia as you join the CBC's coverage of election 93. I'm Peter Mansbridge. This has been a night unlike any other in Canadian political history. The liberals who've held power almost 64 years this century are going to hold it again. You could count Tory seats on your fingers. This is what the country's map looks like. Red, the

color of the Liberal Party. Look at those swashes of red. The Tories, the lowest they've ever done

in popular vote, 17%. You saw what it meant in seats. Three. That was the Canadian federal election

of 1993. And you heard the prediction there of just three Tory seats remaining. Well, that was wrong. There were only two.

So they went from 156 seats to just two. It was catastrophic. But we're not doing this to delve into the depths of Canadian

politics. We're just asking the question, could something similar happen here in this general

election? Not so far-fetched when you look at the latest polling data which puts reform neck and neck with the Tories. Welcome to the

newsagents. The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. It's Lewis. And this poll, if the

Tories had an attack of the collie wobbles before, this would have turned them into absolute quivering jelly.

Because the worst nightmare, that reform comes along and is strong enough to deny the Tories their seats in the red wall and elsewhere, is coming to reality, it seems,

if this polling data is to be released.

And we put in all the usual caveats on polls.

They, you know, the only poll that matters is election day.

There's a 3% plus or minus margin of error.

Nevertheless, this will put the fear of God into the Tory party.

Yeah, and it's a mainstream polling company.

It's UGELF.

And I think that is relevant because you will have heard people sort of cross-reference,

different polls over the last few months.

I think this is a pretty mainstream company doing polling on a large sample for the Times newspaper.

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