Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 29, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a4 if the election race feels a Little soft on sizzle so far take Solace the polls reflect that plateau. Numbers by three major polling firms show numbers for the conservatives who Are nearing majority territory by the accounts of All pollsters last week barely budged throughout the third week of the Campaign. That May change. According to one pollster the so called voter volatility is High. If 21 per cent of canadians votes Are still up for grabs according to Nanos research this week maybe theress still a horse race ahead. Harris Decima question if a Federal election were being held tomorrow who do you think you would be voting for in your area the Liberal party candidate the conservative party candidate the nip candidate or the Green party candidate conservatives 36% 38% liberals 25 23 nip 19 17 Green 9 12 bloc Qutb Cois 9 7 rolling Survey of four Days previous of about 1,300 Canadian voters with a margin of error of 2.7 per cent 19 times out of 20. Poll taken on sunday sept. 28, numbers in bracket from monday sept. 22 Ekos research associates question if a Federal election were held tomorrow which party would you vote for conservatives 35% 36% liberals 25 25 nip 20 19 Green 10 12 bloc Qutb Cois 10 8 rolling Survey of three Days previous of about 3,420 decided Canadian voters with a margin of error of 1.7 per cent 19 times out of 20. Poll taken on thursday sept. 25, numbers in bracket from monday sept. 22 Nanos research question now i would like to take a moment to ask you on the importance if any that the Federal party campaigns have had on your vote intention. Thinking about the performance of the Federal party campaigns which of the following statements if any Best reflects your views i have changed my mind on which p. Arty i will vote for 21 per cent. I have not changed my mind on which party i will vote for 44 per cent. I was intending to vote for a particular party but am now undecided As to which party i will vote for 18 per cent. I have been undecided about which party i will vote for since the beginning of the Campaign 8 per cent. Unsure 9 per cent Survey of 1,200 canadians Between saturday sept. 20 and monday sept. 22, with a margin of error of 2.8 per cent 19 times out of 20. A 4 Winnipeg free press monday september 29, 2008 election 2008 Winnipeg repress. 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Ritz was caught Flat footed and ill prepared Alan Sakach Ritzus director of communications told the conference Call. We cant Send the minister out without any information or any or lines a source recalls Sakach saying. Ritz had less than 10 minutes to prepare for the sept. 3 news conference. It showed. He provided no details about the probe Harper announced. The mandate will be fairly wide and Broad he repeated at the briefing. He did not get an entirely sympathetic hearing from aides to the prime minister during the conference Call As officials from the Public health Agency Canadian food inspection Agency and health Canada listened in uneasily. They were not respectful of Ritz said one person who was on the Call. The sources spoke to the Canadian press on the condition of anonymity. Ritz was too anxious to declare the outbreak As Over the sources said. At that time 13 deaths had been linked to the recall of packaged meat from a Maple Leaf foods Plant in Toronto. The number of deaths has since risen to 19. Ritz has not been seen publicly for Over a week since apologizing for tasteless jokes made during a conference Call in the Middle of the health scare. His disappearing act is a change from his near daily Media briefings during the Lister Osis outbreak. The Canadian press pm gave Ritz Little prep time to face Lister Osis questions by Steve Rennie t Oronto As Stephane Dion and Jack Layton waged a pitched Battle sunday for official opposition status Stephen Harper prepared privately for the upcoming leaders debates with one main goal simply surviving the televised showdown. As Layton unveiled the a Dps $ 51.6 billion platform sunday with its Cornerstone child Benefit that would give families a monthly Cheque of up to $ 416 for each child Dion positioned the liberals As the Only viable Champion of Canadian women in a spirited partisan rally on his 53rd birthday. Both leaders attacked Harper As polls showed Liberal support waning and the nip gaining making a Strong Challenge to dethrone the liberals As Canadas no. 2 party in parliament. Harper did not Campaign sunday but conservative officials said the strategy entering the fourth week of the Federal election Campaign was to maintain an even temper until wednesdays French language leaders debate and thursdays English contest. The conservatives expected an fallout assault on the prime minister from Dion Layton the bloc Gilles Dueppe and the Green part yes Elizabeth May during the debates. Our objective in these debates is just to survive them said a senior conservative. The nip platform called for an extra $ 4.4 billion in spending annually by 2012 13 on the non taxable payments which will replace and enhance three existing programs including the Harper governments $ 100 monthly payments for children under six. The nip also proposed a Revenue Neutral plan to combat climate change through a Cap and Trade approach that would create incentives to reduce Carbon production. Layton linked Harper to policies of u. S. Republicans. What weave seen on Wall Street this week is what happens when the Rich and powerful Are allowed to do whatever they want with other Peoples Money. Can we afford to let Stephen Harper take us Down that George Bush Road Layton told a rally in Toronto. At a boisterous rally in Toronto earlier sunday Dion also took aim at the nip. The nip can Promise you the Moon. But they Are trying to buy your vote with monopoly Money. They want to pay for All their promises by increasing the Burden on our Economy he said. Jack Lay tones old fashioned socialist mentality is As backward As Stephen harpers conservative ideology. Can West news service Dion and Layton Trade shots in Toronto by Mike Blanchfield and Juliet Oneill a _ 04_ sep 29 08. Ind a4 9 / 29/ 08 12 38 09 am ;