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OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Liberal government is heading for defeat at the hands of the Conservatives after more than 11 years in power, a dramatic new poll predicted on Monday.
The Ekos poll, commissioned by the Toronto Star, was taken after an advertising executive raised the stakes in a scandal about misuse of government cash by testifying he had paid large kickbacks to the Liberals in French-speaking Quebec.
The poll showed support for the Conservatives has risen seven points to 36.2 percent, while the Liberals have fallen by nine points to just 25 percent.
Both parties played down the chances of an immediate election, saying Canadians wanted to hear more information from a public inquiry into the scandal, but the question no longer seemed to be whether, but when, one would be triggered.
"There's a window of three to four weeks," one Conservative strategist, who did not wish to be identified, told Reuters.
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This and the sudden calling of elections in England where the tories are poised to make a big gain. This when nobody thought they could.
In both cases Its the libs own doing.
Wait and see.
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