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Tories Closer To Liberals In Canada

June 02, 2004

(CPOD) Jun. 2, 2004 - The Canadian federal election is becoming a very close contest, according to a poll by Ipsos-Reid released by CTV and the Globe and Mail. 34 per cent of respondents would vote for the ruling Liberal party, while 30 per cent would support the Conservative party.

Canadian voters will renew the House of Commons on Jun. 28. The Liberals achieved three straight majority governments under Jean Chrétien in 1993, 1997 and 2000. Current prime minister Paul Martin leads the ruling political organization into a federal election for the first time.

Yesterday, Martin criticized Conservative leader Stephen Harper, claiming that the Tory politician has "made an awful lot of promises out there, and the costing is pretty dubious."

The New Democratic Party (NDP) is third with 16 per cent, followed by the Bloc Québécois with 11 per cent and the Green party with six per cent.

Polling Data

What party would you support in the next federal election?

May 30

May 20

Liberal

34%

35%

Conservative

30%

26%

New Democratic Party

16%

18%

Bloc Québécois

11%

12%

Green

6%

5%

Source: Ipsos-Reid / CTV / The Globe and Mail
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,000 Canadian adults, conducted from May 28 to May 30, 2004. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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