HARPER...LISTEN UP...POLLS ARE A TELLING FACTOR!!!

Well, it seems like what all is expected is coming true. Despite polls in April showing that Conservatives might be nearing a Conservative majority, they have indeed taken a step backwords. And while time goes by they will continue to FALL, the Liberals who held their LPCO AGM this week-end are on the rise once more as polls show. It seems that more people in Canada are opposing more deployment of troops to Afghanistan.

It is just like all warm hearted Liberals have been saying, watch out if Conservatives get into power because Harper will suck up to his buddy Bush and thats what is exactly taking place. The Softwood lumber deal sucked and went against what Harper said during the election in January. Its a shame but its what I always was saying.

A new poll suggests most Canadians now oppose sending troops to Afghanistan.
The poll, which was conducted by The Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, found 54 per cent of Canadians are against the deployment of troops. Of those, 23 per cent are strongly opposed -- an increase of eight percentage points from the previous survey.

"That's the really interesting number," said Timothy Woolstencroft, managing partner for The Strategic Counsel.

"There is starting to be greater opposition to the Afghanistan initiative -- and this is a real source of weakness for the government."
The drop in support could partially be connected to Canadians' ambivalence toward the military's increasing role in Afghanistan, Woolstencroft told CTV.ca.

"It's probably been the most controversial part of the Conservatives' first 100 days in government, and Canadians are clearly more than ambivalent," Woolstencroft said.
Of all the provinces, Quebec is most opposed to sending troops to Afghanistan.
"This suggests that the (Bloc Quebecois) has a real opportunity to shift its position and oppose the war in Afghanistan," Woolstencroft said.

In Quebec, 70 per cent of those surveyed now oppose sending troops to Afghanistan, compared to 53 per cent in mid-March.
"Let's face it, Quebec has always been, historically, the least likely to believe in military intervention," Woolstencroft said.
Other areas were split on Canada's military presence in Afghanistan:
50 per cent in Ontario opposed sending troops there, with 42 per cent in support;
45 per cent in the West were in opposition, with 49 per cent in support; and
49 per cent in the rest of Canada were in opposition, with 44 per cent in support.
The Strategic Counsel conducted the poll on May 3 and 4, interviewing 1,000 Canadians just days after the Tory government released its first budget. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The poll results also suggest overall Conservative support has slipped recently, despite a month that saw the government end the softwood labour dispute and unveil a budget that cuts the general sales tax.

When asked which political party's candidate they would vote for tomorrow, 35 per cent of Canadians said a Conservative candidate -- down four per cent from a poll released in April.
For other party candidates (with +/- change since April in brackets):
31 per cent said Liberal (+2);
16 per cent said NDP (+2);
10 per cent said Bloc Quebecois (-1); and
9 per cent said Green Party (+2).

However, the poll showed Conservative support in Quebec is at 30 per cent -- one percentage point up from the last poll, although with a sample size of 246 people, the margin of error for the province is 6.3 per cent.

In Ontario, where support for the Liberal party is at 42 per cent, Woolstencroft said the province has shown a general reluctance to embrace the new Conservative government.
"Clearly, Ontario remains a little wary of (Prime Minister Stephen Harper's) government, whereas Quebec is embracing it, wrapping Harper up in its arms," he said.
"I think this also partly reflects the state of the Liberals, who are in disarray in the province of Quebec, and that the federalist voters are essentially going to the Conservatives at this point in time."

Meanwhile, many surveyed were skeptical about the government's motivations behind the new budget, with 64 per cent saying the government sought to win a majority in the next election rather than act in the interests of Canadians.