(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Support for the governing Conservative party increased this month in Canada, according to a poll by Ipsos-Reid released by CanWest Global. 43 per cent of respondents would vote for the Tories in the next federal election.

The Liberal party is second with 25 per cent, followed by the New Democratic Party (NDP) with 15 per cent, the Bloc Québécois with nine per cent, and the Green party with five per cent. Support for the Tories increased by five points since March, while backing for the Grits fell by three points.

Canadians renewed the House of Commons in January. The Conservative party—led by Stephen Harper—received 36.3 per cent of the vote, and secured 124 seats in the 308-member lower house. Since February, Harper leads a minority administration after more than 12 years of government by the Liberal party.

Yesterday, environment minister Rona Ambrose declared that there is a "successful will to move forward" to increase the level of ethanol in Canadian gasoline to 5.0 per cent by 2010.

Liberal natural resources critic Roy Cullen chided the federal administration, saying, "The Harper government has still yet to put one penny into any projects that will actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this country."

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