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NEWLY VOLATILE ELECTORATE REELS IN CONSERVATIVE LEAD – February 23, 2011

[Ottawa – February 23, 2011] – In an interesting but not entirely surprising movement, the race has tightened back to the locked in pattern of last year in one fell swoop. The Conservatives have bled nearly five points of support back to 32.4 and the Liberals have moved up more slightly to 27.3. But a 12.5 point lead is now 5.1 points, which is a huge and highly significant shift (well beyond mere “noise”).

Based on 2,811 cases, there has been a whiplash-like reversal to the last poll’s near Conservative majority. Therein may lie the explanation. Not only our… [More...]

LIBERALS SAGGING AS CONSERVATIVES OPEN UP WIDE LEAD – February 11, 2011

CANADIANS INCREASINGLY CONTENT WITH NATIONAL DIRECTION

[Ottawa – February 11, 2011] – From a Liberal (or indeed NDP) perspective, this poll can be summarised as nasty, brutish, and short. The opposition is losing touch with an increasingly distant Conservative party. The Conservatives have advanced with virtually all groups and now enjoy a 12.5-point lead (the largest since October 2009).

This dramatically different political landscape is a far cry from the statistical tie that existed only last fall. Put another way, the Conservatives have hit a high at 37.3 points that they haven’t seen since October 2009. The Liberals’… [More...]

POLITICS OF RESENTMENT – February 3, 2011

FRANK GRAVES DISCUSSES THE ISSUE OF CORPORATE TAX CUTS

[Ottawa – February 3, 2011] – There has been a lot of debate on the issue of the corporate tax cuts lately. Frankly, I find the government’s approach on this quite puzzling. Putting aside the very mixed economic literature on the benefits/costs of corporate tax cuts as a boon to job creation, the public opinion research is remarkably consistent. Corporate tax cuts, when position against virtually all of the plausible alternatives (e.g. individual tax cuts, investment in health and education, even deficit reduction) consistently emerges as a clear loser in… [More...]