OTTAWA — It wasn’t so long ago that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had shot to the top of the polls by promising to make life more affordable for everyday Canadians. But two recent surveys suggest he’s losing his edge on all-important pocketbook issues, just as the campaign kicks in to full gear.

A Leger/National Post poll released shortly before Sunday’s election call showed Poilievre trailing Liberal Leader Mark Carney by five points on the question of who’d do a better job of making life more affordable for everyday Canadians.