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Toronto - The Liberals, hammered by a scandal and holding a precarious minority in Parliament, are just four points ahead of the Conservative Party in a poll released Saturday. The Ipsos-Reid poll found 34 percent of respondents would vote for the Liberals, while 30 percent would vote for the Conservatives. The Liberals held an 11-point lead in February. The poll was taken as reports of damaging testimony from the Gomery inquiry Ð set up to investigate allegations of government waste in federal advertising programs in Quebec Ð began to filter out. A publication ban on the details was lifted on Thursday, releasing most of the testimony of an ad executive who alleged that senior Liberals in Quebec asked for and received big kickbacks in return for government contracts. Vancouver - The Canadian government has eased its opposition to a public inquiry into the Air India bombings amid complaints that police bungled the probe into the infamous attack on a civilian airliner. Calgary - Canadian, U.S. and oil industry officials were slated to meet on Saturday to assess the risks of firing a U.S. rocket over Newfoundland's offshore oil region after a launch was postponed this week, a spokesman for a senior Canadian minister said.
