Decima Research Poll conducted 17 - 20 June (I assume)
If no improvements between now and Sept, Harper will be looking for another job.
cheers :) majere
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A national survey completed Monday pegged Liberal support holding steady at 37 per cent, compared with 25 per cent for the Conservatives and 20 per cent for the NDP. The Decima Research poll provided to The Canadian Press suggests the Liberals have recovered in public opinion following damaging public testimony at Justice John Gomery's inquiry into the federal sponsorship program.
It's just one more indicator that Canadians won't likely be forced back to the ballot box before next fall, at the earliest - notwithstanding heated jockeying again this week in the House of Commons.
"Nobody wants an election," Conservative MP Vic Toews said Thursday, before providing a long list of reasons why one might be necessary.
Liberals are calling the latest Tory electoral sabre-rattling "petty bravado."
Decima's numbers suggest no party would particularly benefit from an election at present.
Just over 1,000 Canadians were surveyed over four days last weekend, providing a survey considered accurate within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Liberal support plunged - and the Conservatives surged - in April after sensational testimony by advertising executive Jean Brault alleged an elaborate kickback scheme to the governing party.
But those Conservative gains were rapidly eroded last month after a Tory attempt to force an election fell short by a single vote in the Commons.
Allegations of attempted Liberal vote-buying by Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal - backed by surreptitious tape recordings that paint neither party in a flattering light - did nothing to help the Conservative cause.
"The Conservative party numbers have recovered a little from the days immediately following the budget vote and the Grewal tapes matter," said Decima CEO Bruce Anderson.
"However, the overall picture remains one of Liberal support strengthening to levels that existed just before the Brault testimony at the Gomery commission."
Regional breakdowns also favoured the Liberals.
Decima put Liberal support at 44 per cent in Ontario, with Conservatives at 28 and New Democrats at 22.
In Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois maintained its stranglehold with 52 per cent support, but the Liberals have recovered somewhat to 25 per cent - largely at the expense of the Tories, Anderson suggested.
The poll put the Conservatives and NDP in a statistical dead heat in Quebec, 10 per cent to nine per cent.
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