Harry

And tomorrow morning I suppose we will get some feedback from Nanos about the exciting French debate which was quite different from the pitiful English debate which was rigged by Malkin, etc. Contrasted by the wonderful Francophone moderators the English moderator was more than useless. God, Anglos are boring sometimes.

Thanks American Woman for helping to bring a little sanity into this discussion.

Spent much time in Quebec? While I prefer Quebec remain a part of Canada I have a lot more respect for Duceppe who says he wants Quebec to be a separate nation than for a Canadian prime minister who lies every time he opens his mouth.

- from that same article

The effect of the French debate was sure noticed in BC, so if it had an inpact there, it has had an inpact across the country.

Something strange is taking place.

No Harper didn't. Every single report I have seen shows Harper coming in dead last last nite. Read the Leger Marketing and the Ipsos Reid polls following the debate and look at Nanos this morning. The party's over for Harper.

Harper can now kiss most of his Quebec seats good-bye. I think Canadians and Quebeckers have now had enough. My hunch is that the Conservatives will continue to fall until election day now. I think Harper may be looking at around 125 seats now, unless it gets worse for him and he sure does not have the momentum.

CTV News/Globe​/Nanos Tracking - Conservati​ves lead by 8, NDP trends up to 18 (April 11 to 13) Nik on the Numbers The first night after the leaders' English debate has the Conservatives with an 8 point advantage over the Liberals and the NDP trending up to 18.3% support nationally. Support for the Tories stands at 38.9% followed by the Liberals at 31.1%, the NDP at 18.3%, the BQ at 7.5% and the Green Party at 3.1% nationally. In the wake of the English debate, the Conservatives opened up an advantage over the Liberals in Atlantic Canada outside of the margin of error for the regional sub-sample with support at 49.3% for the Tories compared to 35.6% for the Grits (NDP support stood at 14.0% in Atlantic Canada). Over the past three days in BC, Conservative support has slid while NDP support has increased although the Conservatives still lead. The ballot support in British Columbia is at 40.8% for the Conservatives, 28.7% for the Liberals, 22.4% for the NDP and 7.3% for the Green Party. Policy was cited by 54.5% of Canadians as top vote factor. Visit the Nanos website at 4pm daily to get the latest nightly tracking update on the top national issue of concern and the Nanos Leadership Index comprised of daily trust, vision and competence scores of the leaders. The detailed tables and methodology are posted on our website where you can also register to receive automatic polling updates. Methodology A national random telephone survey is conducted nightly by Nanos Research throughout the campaign. Each evening a new group of 400 eligible voters are interviewed. The daily tracking figures are based on a three-day rolling sample comprised of 1,200 interviews. To update the tracking a new day of interviewing is added and the oldest day dropped. The margin of error for a survey of 1,200 respondents is ±2.8%, 19 times out of 20. National Ballot Question: For those parties you would consider voting for federally, could you please rank your top two current local preferences? (Committed voters only - First Preference) The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 12th (n=1,200; committed voters only n=989). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters (n=1,201). Canada (n=1019 committed voters) Conservative 38.9% (-1.0) Liberal 31.1% (+0.7) NDP 18.3% (+2.0) Bloc Quebecois 7.5% (-1.6) Green 3.1% (-0.7) *Undecided 15.2% (-2.5) Vote Driver Question: Which of the following factors are most important to you today in influencing your vote [Rotate]? (n=1,200) The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 12th (n=1,200). Traditionally Vote for Party 7.0% (+0.2) Party Leader 23.1% (-0.3) Party Policies 54.5% (+1.8) Local Candidate 12.5% (-1.1) Unsure 2.9% (-0.6) https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/12f53afd6d5686c7 The latest "CTV News/Globe/Nanos Poll".

I wonder how many seats in Quebec Harper will lose because of tonite's debate.

Well that was short and sweet. Harper came in dead last in the French language debate tonite which effectively ends any chances for him to win a majority government.

No question Duceppe was the best performer tonite, but Layton once again doing very well, with a strong second. Iggy seemed to be worse tonite than the English debate, but it was not the best of nites for Harper eirther. I think some of Harper's Quebec City area seats may be in serious jeopardy now. Il lance, il compte.

We need weekly debates throughout the campaign. What a wonderful contrast to the English debate, that was a debate tonite, and for goodness sake fire that English moderator - what a loser he is!

I would wait for CROP and Leger Marketing to confirm any Quebec polling.

Let's just say Gordon Campbell is no longer Premier because of the HST tax that he and his buddy Stephen Harper foisted onto the backs of BCers.

So what was up with Duceppe last nite as he didn't seem to be on his usual game? Maybe Layton and Mulcair want those Quebec City area seats for the NPD.

Privatizing health care in Vaughan - you think it might become an issue during the French debate tonite. Naw, not a chance.

Ever hear of the HST?

I thought health care was a provincial matter, as that is what Harper keeps saying - what are the federales really up to here?

You could well be correct Norman. Is it an online poll? Maybe it's like that for all online polls.

Read 308.com's comments on Compas.

How does a not-for-profit work again? Is it you pay the CEO and his/her cronies a few million in wages and bonus, etc, and oops, sorry no profits made again this year.

We had the AG's report issue yesterday just before the English debate. Is this another bombshell just before the French debate?

Get with it man.

EKOS C - 33.8%, Down 1.5% L - 28.8%, Up 0.7% N - 19.1%, Up 4.9%