Canada's Liberal Party is most likely to win if the election is held now as a new poll showed it is widening its gap with the Conservatives to eight percentage at the third week of the campaign.

The Leger Marketing survey put Liberal support across the country at 36 percent, compared with 28 percent for the Tories, 17 percent for the New Democratic Party (NDP) and 12 percent for the Bloc Quebecois.

The Liberal Party has been keeping the lead over other parties since the campaign for the federal election began at the end of November.

A previous survey by the Strategic Council showed that the first round of two televised debates in Vancouver on Dec. 15 has barely made any difference in Canadian's favors. But Bloc Quebecois, the separatist party from Quebec, has gained 5 points to 60 percent supporting rate in the province after the debates.

The campaign is expected to enter a truce during the Christmas holiday, after which it will gain momentum leading to the voting on Jan. 23.

The Leger findings are almost a carbon copy of the numbers from the 2004 election when the Liberals received 37 percent support, the Tories 30 percent, the NDP 16 percent and the Bloc 12 percent, local media noted.

(Xinhua News Agency December 23, 2005)