CityVote Day 28: New poll shows Liberals in majority territory

With less than 48 hours to go until Ontarians cast their ballots, a new poll suggests Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals are gaining ground and are within reach of a majority government.

The poll, by Ipsos Reid, shows support for McGuinty at 41 per cent, up three points from a month ago.

Tim Hudak and the Conservatives would receive 31 per cent of the vote, down 6 points since the campaign started.

Andrea Horwath and the NDP would garner 25 per cent of the vote, up one point, while Mike Schreiner’s Green Party would receive just 3 per cent support.

This latest poll comes just days after reports suggested the Liberals and Conservatives were in a virtual dead heat.

But Horwath is hoping any undecided voters provide a last-minute boost for the NDP.

“I do believe that a lot of people don’t make up their minds until they hit the polling station and receive their ballot,” the NDP chief said Tuesday.

She continued to criticize her two rivals for running negative campaigns.

Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty has ruled out the possibility of a coalition.

On Tuesday, he continued to push his party’s education platform and pointed out the rise in graduation rates and test scores and decreased class sizes.

The Liberals have promised tuition grants — $1,600 a year for university students and $730 for college students — if re-elected on Thursday.

McGuinty is focusing on southwestern Ontario in the final days of the campaign. On Tuesday he was in Cambridge, with stops also planned in Bolton and Pickering before a stop in Windsor in the evening.

He’s seeking a third consecutive term — a feat the Liberals haven’t accomplished in Ontario in more than a century.

While campaigning in Ottawa on Tuesday, Hudak stood by a controversial campaign flyer that criticized the Liberals’ sexual education curriculum.

The flyer claims the province’s sex-ed curriculum includes “cross-dressing for six-year-olds” and warns voters are being kept in the dark about what’s being taught in schools.

The Liberals said the sex-ed curriculum hasn’t changed since the PCs were in power. The government did try to update the curriculum last year, but backed down after sharp criticism.

Hudak has refused to apologize for the flyer, which was circulated in the GTA.

With files from The Canadian Press

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