Politics

A Snapshot Of The Political Landscape Taken In The Hours After The Government Falls Shows A Dead Heat And An Unpredictable Outcome

Canadians Reflect on the State of the Child in Canada

Seventy Percent Feel Liberal Tax Cut Just Attempt To Buy Votes And Won't Influence Them
Federal Vote: Grits (36%, +2 Points) Have Lead Over Tories (27%, -1 Point) -- NDP (16%, -3), Green (6%, +2), In Quebec: Bloc Quebecois 50% Vs. 28% For Liberals
But 39% Willing To Hand Harper A Minority That Would Keep Him And Party "In Check"

Liberals Continue To Have Negative Momentum (-44 Points, Essentially Unchanged From June), But Conservatives (-8 Points) Are Up 18 Points
National Vote: Liberals (34%, +3 Points), Conservatives (28%, -2 Points), NDP (19%, Unchanged), Green Party (4%, -1 Point) - In Quebec: Bloc Quebecois 56% (+4 Points) vs. Liberals 21% (+1 Point)

Liberals (31%, -7 Points) Fall Into Virtual Tie With
Tories (30%, +4 Points)
Potential Conservative Minority Looms If Vote Holds - Ontario Gives Tories Boost While Bloc Gains In Quebec

Sixty-three Percent Don't Think The Gomery Report Will Change Anything Meaningful When It Comes To The Federal Government
Half (51%) Agree That Regardless Of Gomery Report Findings They Still Trust Paul Martin As Prime Minister Over Stephen Harper (40%)
Canadians Split As To Whether Paul Martin's Liberals Have Lost The Moral Authority To Govern

Three-Quarters of British Columbians Oppose Privatization Of Drinking Water

71% Trust Their Community's Local Government More Than the Private Sector to Provide Safe Drinking Water