Canadians don't want to go to the polls again, less than 12 months since the last campaign. And the numbers aren't quite there for the fledgling Conservative Party. At least not yet, despite the political storm caused by the Gomery Inquiry into the sponsorship scandal which had Liberals running scared last week.

Pollster Michael Marzolini of Pollara said his firm's last poll on voter intentions, conducted March 10-18, indicated the Liberal lead over the Tories has shrunk to only four points, and this was long before Mr. Brault's testimony.

"You can't win a campaign only based on negatives if you're Stephen Harper because you've got too many negatives. You have to neutralize your negatives, get rid of all your hidden agenda stuff, and put some policies on the table that appeal to mainstream Canadians, and most importantly in Ontario," added Mr. Marzolini who was the official pollster for the Liberal Party under former prime minister Jean Chrétien.