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Harper's Conservatives Hold Tenuous Lead Amidst Haiti's Troubled Times
Tories (34%) Lead Liberals (31%) By 3 Points Nationally,
Tied in Key Battleground of Ontario -
McGuinty Liberals (38%) End 2009 Seven Points Down from Where they Started
New Leaders Hudak (PC's 34%), Horwath (NDP 15%) and Schreiner (Green 10%) have 2010 to Pepper and Prepare for Election in
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Canadians Choose Obama's Inauguration (31%), H1N1 Flu (26%), Economic Recession (22%) as Biggest News Stories of 2009
Quebec only Region that Places H1N1 pandemic (33%) ahead of Obama's Inauguration (27%)
Those With Kids (46%) in the Household Twice as Likely as Those Without (22%) to Say H1N1 was the Top Story -
At Year End, Majority (55%) Disagrees That Canada's Minority Government is Working Well
Only Three in Ten (28%) Believe Politicians in Ottawa Got a Lot Done This Year, But Majority `Disagrees' (62%) that a New Set of Political Leaders to Parliament would Make Things Better
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Country Split as 51% Don't Believe Canadian Officials or Military Knowingly Transferred Prisoners to Afghanistan Forces Who May Have Inflicted Torture
Only 4 in 10 (38%) Don't Care About Issue;
Jump in Support for Men and Women Serving in Canada's Armed Forces (92%, Up 10 points since July, 2009, and 13 points since 2007) -
Liberals Drop to New Low (24%) under Ignatieff as NDP (19%) in the Hunt for Grit Votes
Rally in Ontario (21%, +8) Fuels NDP to within 5 Points
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On Eve of Royal Visit of Prince of Wales and Duchess Camilla, Majority (57%) Believe Charles Should Take The Throne When Time Comes (up from 51% in 2005)
Country split on whether Canada's head of state should be the Governor General (53%) or the Queen (47%)
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Provincial Grit Fortress Ontario Cracks: McGuinty Liberals Tumble (-6) to 39% Support While Hudak PCs In the Hunt (+5) at 36%, Horwath NDP Engaged (+4) at 16%
But While Ontarians (58%) Expect More in Responding to Recent Problems, Government Sidesteps Most Scandal Blame (35%)
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Liberals Tank to 25% Support--Lowest Since November 12, 2008 Under Former Leader Dion Conservatives (40%) Open 15-Point Lead Nationally and Have Healthy Lead in Every Region Except Quebec
Lowly NDP (13%) and Green (11%) Watch Liberal Drop in Quebec Benefit Bloc (42%)