Dion Doesn't Want An Election Anymore

NDP support among 1,000 Canadians polled from Jan. 3 to 6 dipped in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario as the party's national support dropped to just 13 per cent. Harris-Decima's president says there's nothing unusual about a government becoming more popular the less Canadians see of it. Bruce Anderson says governments tend to do better when Parliament is not sitting and they're not facing daily attacks from opposition parties that wind up generating news coverage. "That's probably true for many governments if we went back over time," Anderson said. "When they're in the House of Commons, when they're debating the issues of the day, there's a better chance that they're going to be on the defensive rather than talking up their agenda." ... http://www.thestar.com/article/292494

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