Reuters: Canadian poll gives Liberals lead over ruling party

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian voters prefer the opposition Liberals over the ruling Conservatives, according to a new poll, a sign of discontent with the prime minister's decision to suspend Parliament until after the Olympics.

In a poll conducted by Environics and released on its website (erg.environics.net) late on Friday, the opposition Liberals picked up support from 37 percent of decided voters, compared with 33 percent for the Conservatives.

The ruling party dropped 4 percentage points since the firm's previous poll in December. Since then, Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament until March, when the government will introduce its budget. The Liberals contend that Harper is hiding from his critics.

Recent polls suggest that no party is a clear favorite among Canadian voters, who returned Harper's minority government to power in late 2008.

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http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE61C0V520100213

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1. Yaaaaaay!

Finally things have started to turn around, and ol Harper did it to himself!