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: MORE ON THESTAR.COMStephen Harper tells tales on the economy: Siddiqui Three things the leaders got wrong about their opponents in the debate Immigration and refugee policies centre stage in federal election campaign The survey on voting intentions in Toronto and the GTA contrasts sharply to Forum recent polls on Canada-wide trends, according to Toronto Star. Forum and other leading polling firms now have the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals each hovering around 30-per-cent support among Canada voting public. Thirty-one per cent of 1,183 respondents in the 416 and 905 regionspolled Sept. 16 and 17 said they’ll vote for or are inclined toward the Conservatives, and 24 per cent said they favoured the NDP. The Green party drew 4 per cent support and 1 per cent of respondents said other. While it is known that Toronto is a Liberal heartland, it is surprising to see this poll dispel the myth of the monolithic Conservative vote in the 905 area code, Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff said. Toronto and the GTA are very different than the rest of the country. Bozinoff suggests the results on voter support in Toronto and the GTA might be due to the large immigrant population in the region being dissatisfied with the Conservatives’ handling of recent issues such as the Syrian refugees — a topic Bozinoff says may not be resonating as strongly across Canada as it does locally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.