Easter weekend dinners could settle many undecided voters
Posted Apr 22, 2011 06:00:39 AM.
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OTTAWA – Canada’s political leaders will be clamouring to generate the right kind of election buzz around the dinner table as voters hit the pause button over the holidays.
Common wisdom dictates that voters tend to tune out during the holidays, but experts say there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest they won’t.
Harris-Decima chairman Allan Gregg says it’s actually one of the few times voters can sit down with their family and friends.
There will be a lot to digest over Sunday’s Easter feast, as a simmering pot of controversies dogging Prime Minister Stephen Harper threatens to spill into the long weekend.
The Conservatives are scrambling to downplay comments by a Tory backbencher that could re-ignite the abortion debate, while fending off allegations of influence-peddling in the Port of Montreal.
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is getting his message out with a half-hour television program that’s set to air on Sunday afternoon, followed by an appearance on a wildly popular Quebec talk show.
NDP Leader Jack Layton will be popping up at a Good Friday procession in Toronto and hold a few photo ops on Easter Sunday.
