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In todays Herald.

Ipsos-Reid president Darrell Bricker said in an interview Friday one of the reasons for the declining Liberal support is an apparent voter backlash to the government's pre-election strategy of promising billions of dollars in tax cuts and new spending programs.

"It underscores the fact that people believe the Liberals are willing to spend money to buy votes. And it's one of the things that came out of the sponsorship inquiry. So it highlights the character elements of the Liberals that people don't like.

"For opposition voters, it's throwing a log on the fire for them and steeling their resolve to kick these guys out. And for people who are voting for the government, it's making them nothing but squeamish."

The new poll found that, after 12 years of Liberal government, there is a widespread desire for change and a growing number of voters are becoming comfortable with the idea of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper becoming prime minister, provided a Tory government is kept to a minority.

Moreover, the poll found the Liberals are in trouble in two key regional battlegrounds: Quebec, where the popularity of the Bloc has surged, and British Columbia, where the Conservatives have suddenly soared.

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