OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the federal Conservatives continue to hold a healthy lead over the Liberals, but remain well shy of majority territory.
The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey put the Tories at 35 per cent nationally, compared with 28 per cent for the Liberals.
The NDP was at 15 per cent, while the Greens and Bloc Quebecois were tied at 10 per cent.
The Conservatives jumped to a four-point lead in Ontario with 40 per cent support, and they continued to dominate in the West.
However, the Tories trailed badly in Quebec at just 15 per cent -- nine points back of the Liberals and 26 points behind the Bloc.
The Liberals were ahead in only one region -- Atlantic Canada -- where they led the Tories by three percentage points and the NDP by five.
The telephone poll of just over 2,000 people was conducted Oct. 1-12 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
