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SA has a message for Abbott and the Liberals
March in March, Adelaide, 2014, the people speak up.

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A Progressive Conservative MPP charges Premier Kathleen Wynnes Liberals are trying to silence him for releasing confidential documents revealing Ontarios finances are in a shambles.

Vic Fedeli told reporters Thursday at Queens Park that the Grits must be hiding something big since they are coming after him for publicizing internal government paperwork.

On Monday, the Nipissing MPP disclosed that the Liberals deficit reduction targets could not be met without raising taxes to make up for a revenue shortfall.

He then crowed about information contained in newly discovered, confidential documents in the legislature on Tuesday.

But in doing so, Government House Leader John Milloy said Fedeli is in breach of an agreement by all three parties not to disclose the documents and hes urged Speaker Dave Levac to censure him.

Thats because the legislative committee probing the Liberals gas-plants-relocation debacle was given hundreds of thousands of pages of internal documents, some of which contain commercially sensitive information.

All three political parties agreed not to publicly disclose such papers because it could undermine the governments negotiating position.

This disclosure . . . was a flagrant and intentional breach of a . . . motion of the standing committee on estimates which required that certain commercially sensitive and privileged documents be kept confidential, Milloy told the house.

The release of confidential committee documents to the public without authorization from the committee, I believe, represents a serious breach and must attract strong sanction to defer future breaches.

Fedeli said the Liberals are being heavy-handed about publicly available documents because he exposed a $4.5-billion budget hole.

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Ontarios Progressive Conservatives have pulled even with the governing Liberals, setting up a tight battle for government in an election that could come as soon as June, a new poll suggests.

The New Democrats, meanwhile, sit firmly in third place.

The new numbers from Nanos Research put Premier Kathleen Wynnes party at 36 per cent, unchanged from January. Tim Hudaks PCs are up five points to 33 while Andrea Horwaths NDP are statistically unchanged down two to 25.

The results are certain to cheer Mr. Hudak, who has struggled to put his party over the top, despite a series of Liberal spending scandals in the latter part of former Liberal premier Dalton McGuintys rule.

Recently, the Tory leader has cleared some major problems off his plate. First, controversial Toronto city councillor Doug Ford declared he would not run for the party. Then, Mr. Hudak abandoned so-called right to work policy, a contentious issue that had caused divisions within the party. Both the Liberals and NDP had effectively attacked U.S.-style right to work as Alabama-style labour laws.

The gap is tightening, Nanos Research chairman Nik Nanos said in an interview. The survey was done largely after the adjustment in the policy position of Tim Hudak on the right-to-work issue, so that probably had a positive spillover for him.

The news isnt all bad for Ms. Wynne, however. The poll found her party has a clear lead in vote consideration, with 55 per cent of respondents saying they would consider voting for the Grits. Mr. Hudak and Ms. Horwath are effectively tied, at 47 and 46 per cent respectively.

This means the Liberals have the most room to grow with an effective campaign.

The key takeaway is that there is fluidity in the electorate, Mr. Nanos said. The race is tightening up, but the Liberals have the greatest upside at this particular point in time.

If an election were held today, he said, it would likely yield a similar result to the current hung legislature, in which the Liberals rule with a minority.

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WASHINGTON For decades, liberals wielded the 1st Amendment to protect antiwar activists, civil rights protesters and government whistle-blowers.

These days, however, the Constitution's protection for free speech and religious liberty has become the weapon of choice for conservatives.

This year's Supreme Court term features an unusual array of potentially powerful 1st Amendment claims, all of them coming from groups on the right.

And in nearly every case, liberal groups often in alliance with the Obama administration are taking the opposing side, supporting state and federal laws that have come under attack for infringing upon the rights of conservatives.

The free-speech challenges include cases on campaign contribution limits, no-protest zones in front of abortion clinics and mandatory union dues for public employees.

At the same time, devout Christian employers are claiming their religious liberty should entitle them to an exemption from a provision in President Obama's healthcare law requiring that full contraceptive coverage be offered to female employees.

And waiting on deck is a free-speech appeal from a Christian photography company challenging a New Mexico state law that bars businesses from discriminating against gays and lesbians.

Conservatives and libertarians say the role reversal at the high court reflects a larger shift in political alliances and attitudes toward government.

"The progressive mind-set sees government as a force for good," said Ilya Shapiro, a lawyer for the libertarian Cato Institute. So, increasingly, "the energy behind those who are battling with the government" comes from libertarians and conservatives.

"This is a real trend over several years," said Washington attorney Michael Carvin, a staunch conservative who led the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act. "The liberals are in favor of an expansive federal government, and the conservatives are making the arguments for individual autonomy on speech and religion."

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The Quebec Liberals have increased their lead over the Parti Qubcois in voting intentions ahead of the first of two leaders debates in the province, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll.

The April 7 election has quickly turned into a battle over Quebecs constitutional future, with Philippe Couillards Liberals winning over supporters with their anti-referendum stand. With the support of 37 per cent of respondents, the Liberals have taken the lead over the faltering PQ, which stands at 32 per cent, according to the poll.

The right-wing Coalition Avenir Qubec is in third place at 16 per cent in popular support, with the left-wing Qubec Solidaire in fourth place at 10 per cent.

Mr. Couillard will face off Thursday evening against PQ Leader Pauline Marois, CAQ Leader Franois Legault and QS Leader Franoise David in a debate broadcast on Radio-Canada and Tl-Qubec. A second debate is scheduled one week later on the private TVA network.

The Ipsos Reid poll, based on a sample of 810 Quebeckers from the firms online panel, is the third straight survey to suggest that the Liberals have gained ground on the PQ since the start of the campaign. Ms. Marois called the election this month in a bid to obtain a majority government.

The tide seems to have turned away from Pauline Marois and the PQ, at least for the time being, as just 33 per cent of Quebeckers believe that Quebec is headed in the right track, compared to 67 per cent who think that it is going down the wrong direction, the firm said in its polling analysis.

The PQ has responded to the series of negative polls by sharpening its attacks against Mr. Couillard. On Wednesday, the party also started to increase its focus on its proposed charter of secular values, which would prevent provincial government employees from wearing overt religious symbols at work.

The poll suggests that a key moment in the campaign occurred when Ms. Marois announced that media magnate Pierre Karl Pladeau was running for the PQ in St-Jrme, north of Montreal. Mr. Pladeaus vow to make Quebec a country brought the issue of sovereignty to the forefront of the campaign and gave wind to the Liberal Partys position against a third referendum on sovereignty.

Its a different game now leading into the leaders debate with almost three quarters (72 per cent) of Quebeckers believing that a vote for the Parti Qubcois is a vote for a referendum, Ipsos Reid said.

Support for sovereignty remains low in Quebec, according to the poll.

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