Support for People's Party climbing, but impact in N.B. remains to be seen
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Andrea Anderson-Mason was in a store in her riding last weekend when she was approached by one of her supporters with a message.
"They complimented me on the job we are doing here in New Brunswick," says the Progressive Conservative MLA for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West.
"But they wanted to let me know they would be voting PPC in the federal election."
It wasn't the first time in the federal campaign that Anderson-Mason detected support for the People's Party of Canada among her provincial PC voters. She has seen PPC signs on some of their lawns.
That didn't happen in 2019, the first election for the PPC.
"I do a see difference this time compared to last time," she says. "I think it relates back to a general frustration with government as a whole."
It's anecdotal evidence but it matches national polling trends.
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