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Campbell support lowest of any premier in two years
Campbell support lowest of any premier in two years
Sitting at nine per cent
News1130 Staff/The Vancouver Sun Oct 16, 2010 08:37:51 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The latest opinion poll shows voters don't think too highly of Gordon Campbell. An Angus Reid survey finds support for the Premier is sitting at a lowly nine per cent. That's down three per cent since last month.
The firm's Mario Canseco tells the Vancouver Sun he can't remember a more unpopular premier. He puts part of the blame on the introduction and implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax.
Seventy-two per cent of British Columbians say they'll vote against the tax when it goes to a referendum next September. Meanwhile those who were surveyed say they were angered over the HST, but voters weren't necessarily eager to vote for NDP leader Carole James. Her approval rating sits at 27 per cent.
James says her leadership is on solid ground despite leaked documents, firings and political resignations. She denies a secret NDP plan to join recall campaigns against Liberal MLAs over the HST.
Documents leaked from a party meeting quote NDP president Moe Sihota urging members to take secret recall action. James says the party won't join the recall campaign and she won't stop New Democrats from supporting it individually.
She insists her caucus is united, downplaying the resignation of Revelstoke-area MLA Norm Macdonald as caucus chair over James' decision to fire Quesnel's Bob Simpson for his criticism of her. |
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