With many expecting Prime Minister Mark Carney to call a federal election soon, new polling shows the federal Liberals gaining ground on Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives. 

Some of that surge is coming at the expense of Jagmeet Singh's NDP — particularly in British Columbia, where the New Democrats have 12 of their 24 seats.

Three polls this week — from the Angus Reid Institute, Ipsos and Liaison Strategies — show the ruling party surging nationally to lead its Conservative rival by less than a …