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Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have soared into majority government territory in B.C. with more than double the support of the Liberals, a new poll says.
As the federal election campaign enters week two, The Nanos poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV, indicates 49.7 per cent support for the Conservatives here and 23.4 per cent for the Liberals, with the NDP garnering 20.6 per cent support.
The daily tracking poll has Stephen Harper’s Conservatives winning over 40-per cent support across Canada — seen as the key level of support for forming a majority government — with a commanding 14-point lead over Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals.
Harper’s party is only trailing in Quebec to the Bloc, with Canada-wide support of 42.3 per cent, compared to 28.4 per cent for the Liberals, 16.4 per cent for Jack Layton’s NDP and 3.8 per cent for the Greens.
And from the London Free Press – policies!
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“We stand with farmers and hunters and we will scrap the long-gun registry,” said Harper, adding that a Tory majority would prevent the opposition from blocking those efforts again.
He also tried to counter the image of rural residents as out of step with the rest of the country.
“I have not found in rural Canada a general opposition to gun control,” said Harper. “There’s not a general opposition to the idea that a gun owner should get a licence. We’ve had a handgun registry for years.”
He sees wide acceptance of those measures as well as restrictions on powerful weapons.
“What people don’t accept is going out and registering millions and millions and millions of long guns when we already have all this other information.”
My previous post on Harper’s plan to ban political contributions from unions and big corporations, as well as federal subsidies for political parties.
My previous post on Harper’s initiative to win over social conservatives as much as he can given the circumstances.
