According to Harris/Decima Chairman Allan Gregg;”A week ago, Conservative strategists analyzing our numbers might have been tempted to trigger an early fall election. This week, that temptation would have disappeared. The Conservative lead has slipped from 8 points to 5 nationally and from a 7 point lead in Ontario to where they are now tied with the Liberals. The gender gap which had all but disappeared over the last two months is now re-emerging; once again to the Liberals advantage. Against this, we are also seeing both the Conservatives and the Liberals losing ground to the NDP in BC and all three federal parties are below 20% in the province of Quebec. Taken together, it would appear that the prospect of a fall election has dimmed considerably over the last week, as voters wish a pox on both the Conservatives and Liberals houses".