Behind Le Devoir's firewall, we find the results of the latest Leger poll of voting intentions in Quebec (margin of error 3.1 per cent) : The Bloc still leads at 38 per cent, down 2 per cent since January; the Liberals are at 27 per cent, up 4; the Conservatives are down 1 to 16 per cent; the NDP is down 3 to 12 per cent and the Greens are up 2 to 6 per cent.
Among francophones, the Bloc is at 46 per cent, followed by the Liberals at 21 per cent, the Conservatives at 15 per cent, the NDP at 12 per cent and the Greens at 5 per cent.
Twenty-three per cent are satisfied with the government, an increase of 5 per cent; 71 per cent are dissatisfied.
Meanwhile, in the Nanosphere, Nik Nanos is reporting that Jack Layton has "momentarily" passed Michael Ignatieff on all aspects of his leadership index. (La Presse reports that this is a first): "The longitudinal tracking on the leadership index shows that Harper still has a comfortable lead but that his leadership numbers have slid, as has Ignatieff's. Even with the drop in ballot box support for the Conservatives over the past month, Harper still maintains a comfortable lead over the other federal party leaders. Also of note, Layton (52.2) has momentarily surpassed Ignatieff (40.3) on the index."