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Liberal Juggernaut Appears Headed Towards Majority Government . . . With Liberals (48%) Leading Conservatives (31%) and NDP (15%) in Decided Voter Support in Post-Debate Poll
Majority (52%) of Liberal Supporters Give Party Mandate On Platform . . . Not Just Throwing Tories Out (36%)
If Finances Worse Than Expected, Six in Ten (59%) Say Liberals Should Make Their Platform Promises Work Within Current Provincial Revenue, not Through Increased Taxes (18%) or Increased Deficit (11%) -
Heading Into Leaders Debate, Ontario Liberals (50%, +1 Point) Continue To Hold Decisive Lead Over Conservatives (33%, -2 Points) . . .
While NDP (12%, Unchanged) and Green Party (4%, +2 Points) Continue to Trail
Eves (34%) and McGuinty (31%) Close As to Who Is Expected to Win Debate
However, Six in Ten (60%) Continue to Desire Change in Government As Liberals Appear Poised to Form Majority Government Barring Significant Gaffe Between Now and Election Day -
At Mid-Point in Campaign Ontario Liberals (49%) Hold Commanding Lead Over Governing Conservatives (35%)
NDP (12%) and Green Party (2%) Continue to Trail
Six in Ten (61%) Say It Is Time for a Change in Government
Eves (36%) Leads McGuinty (31%) for `Best Premier' -
Toronto - For Better or Worse?
One-Third (34%) of Torontonians Say They Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else Other Than Toronto - Up 12 Points Since 1992
But 60% Say While Generally Content, There Are Definitely Things They Don't Like About the City
Four in Ten (41%) Torontonians Say City Worse Place to Live Today than Five Years Ago as Satisfaction in Services Declines Significantly Over Past Decade -
Two-Thirds (66%) of Canadians Believe Blackout Result of Technical, Not Supply Problems - 61% in Ontario Agree
Seven in Ten (71%) Confident Electricity Companies Will Be Able to Sustain Demand Over the Next Number of Years, However Just 58% of Ontarians Concur
One in Three (34%) Willing to Pay More for Hydro In Order to Invest in a More Fail-Safe System - 42% in Ontario
Premier Eves (71% - 73% in Ontario) Leads List as Doing a `Good Job' During Blackout -
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT:
Governing Conservatives Hold Steady (36%, +1 from June), However they Continue To Trail Liberals (49%, +1) by 13 Points
But Public Mixed on Eves Leadership
And Six in Ten (60%) Still Say it is Time for a Change in Government -
While Seven in Ten (71%) Canadians Agree Parliament, Not Courts, Should Make Laws in Canada. . .
Eight in Ten (78%) Agree That Courts Are Within Their Right to Issue Legally Binding Decisions That Are Based on Constitutional Grounds
But Slight Majority (54%) Feel That Judges in Canada Have Too Much Power -
Majority (55%) of Canadians Say Pellet Guns Should Be Banned Outright
However, Seven in Ten (70%) Feel That, Like Other Guns, You Should Need a Licence to Own and Use a Pellet Gun
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Seven in Ten (71%) Canadians Say American Involvement in Iraq Turning into Another Vietnam
Plurality (44%)Believe U.S. Knowingly Used Incorrect or Fabricated Intelligence To Build Case for War - 32% Say Reports Were Correct and Weapons are Still Yet to Be Found, 19% Believe Intelligence was Simply Incorrect
70% Say That President Bush Should Face Impeachment Hearings if an Inquiry Finds He Knowingly Used Incorrect or Fabricated Intelligence to Convince Congress to Approve Iraq Military Action