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With only three days left Saturday was'set aside for
to polling day the three party tours of Hamilton and the
leaders. in Tuesday's federal Niagara Peninsula, followed
elections were making their by further appearances
final appeals to voters this scheduled in Toronto for
weekend. , ; today.

Prime Minister Pierre . Many political observers
_Tradeau — who knows that - believe that — if Liberals and
he must stop the Liberal rot Conservatives are still
that has developed in On- running neck-and-neck

of clinging to power — was On Tuesday evening — | AWAITING THE HOUR OF DECISION Tuesday, Canada's three party leaders -- Joe Clark, Prime Minister Pierr =
spending all three days in Trudeau will already have Trudeau and NDP leader Ed Broadbent. By. the time the first results are released in B.C., just after 8 p.m., the —.
that crucial province. lost the election. ; winner may already be apparent, due to the crucial role Ontario (where 3 close three hours earlier) will play in

. Meanwhile, Conservative
On Friday he addressed.an’ Joe Clark would up his pitch

open-air rally in the heart of tg Ontario voters Thursday
followed by a tv ae _at_a rally attended by 3,000,
TV .ap-  includi tario Premi
pearance and a high school me uding On ° Premier 4
rally in the evening. ‘CONTINUED ON PAGES — -

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Broadbent ‘winner’ —
in Great TV Debate —

Only slightly over half the from specific issues, . which
North Shore’s households ‘of the three leaders made the
watched last Sunday's Great best personal impression? |
Debate on TV between Only 53 per cent of the

Prime Minister Pierre poyseholds said they had.
Trudeau, Conservative watched the debate, Of the
opposi tion leader Joe Clark | remainder, 46 per cent said
and DP leader Ed they hadn’t watched and one

Broadbent. For those | t ined to ai
viewers, Broadbent emerged aie gniee o answer

the “winner by a modest
majority, with Trudeau and Among th ; '
. a g the 53 per cent of
Clark , Ying for “second viewers, 29 per cent said your
piace. Broadbent made the best
This was the result of a personal impression.

poll last Monday of 379 ‘Trudeau and Clark were jf ' sm
North Shore households by each the choice of 23.5 per ,
the Public Opinion Research cent of the respondents.

Division of the North Shore 2 a me ;

a seas, -ue | CONSERVATIVE (eas. |
Respondents were asked: per cent of the viewers said 2 |

(1) Did you watch the TV they had no opinion on who ; . TE =: ;

debate? (2) If so, and aside made the best impression.

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