NDP close gap before election

THE left-leaning New Democrats have closed in on the Conservatives days before the May 2 Canadian election, leaving the Conservatives with almost no chance of winning a majority, two polls released yesterday showed.

A three-day Ekos tracking poll had the NDP rising by over two points from Thursday while the Liberal Party dropped by the same amount.

The gap between the Conservatives and the NDP — a distant third nationally at the start of the campaign — has narrowed to just five points.