Mike Coleman, president of the Nanaimo-Cowichan Liberal Association, says his party expects a federal election to be called within the next few months and they're gearing up on issues they feel are important to Canadians, issues on which the Conservative government has dropped the ball.

They think an election call is imminent, he said, because a minority government, such as the one presided over by the federal Conservatives, is inherently unstable…

An informal poll conducted by the Liberal Association at their AGM Sunday found issues they think are most important are climate change, First Nations issues, including the withdrawal of support for the Kelowna Agreement on improving First Nations health, education and economic development, cutting funds for a national child care program, and the softwood lumber agreement, with which many in B.C.'s forest industry are unsatisfied.

Coleman said the poll findings pretty closely mirror general public opinion in a lot of areas…