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The Bloc Quebecois under Daniel Paille would receive seven% of the vote (up one point) while Elizabeth May’s Green party would receive four%, also up one point.

The poll was conducted last week amid continuing controversy that first erupted in February when Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen revealed that fraudulent phone calls were placed in the Guelph, Ont., riding directing voters to the wrong polling stations in last year’s election.

Since then, political debate on Parliament Hill has been dominated by the robocalls — which opposition parties claim occurred in dozens of ridings — and Elections Canada has begun a major investigation after being deluged with thousands of complaints.

Harper and his senior campaign team have denied any involvement in the affair, and no evidence has emerged publicly to suggest they are connected.

The Tories say they are victims of “baseless smears” by the Liberals and New Democrats — who contend that the Tories are stonewalling as they push for answers.

As this political jockeying was going on, Ipsos Reid conducted a blended telephone and online poll of 3,154 Canadians to determine their views.

Ipsos Reid president Darrell Bricker said in an interview the survey found that the Tories have not yet suffered any real political damage over the controversy.

“Pretty much at this stage of the game, based on the hullabaloo that’s been happening in Ottawa, you would think that these numbers should be far worse. And they’re not.”