A Decima poll released Wednesday has it 31-30 for the Tories. And a Leger Marketing poll had it 34-31 for the Tories.

An excerpt from the Toronto Star story:

The Conservatives were favoured by 32 per cent of respondents, compared with 31 per cent for Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals.

A week earlier, Decima pollsters had the Liberals out in front by a nine-point margin.

The poll of 1,025 people was conducted Thursday through Sunday following the release of devastating testimony by former Montreal ad executive Jean Brault who alleged kickbacks to Liberal officials in relation to the sponsorship program. ...

Decima CEO Bruce Anderson said such a dramatic shift in public opinion is unusual. And he said the direct linkage between Canadian opinion and the corruption allegations at the sponsorship inquiry is also out of the ordinary.

Meanwhile, a Leger Marketing poll of 1,504 Canadians taken between last Friday and Monday showed Conservative support at 34 per cent, compared with 31 per cent for the Liberals.

The NDP stood at 18 per cent, while the Bloc Quebecois was at 13 per cent.

Leger said its poll, also released today, is accurate to within 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The survey suggested that in Quebec, the Bloc outstripped the Liberals by a 53-20 margin.

In seat-rich Ontario, the Liberals had 41 per cent support compared with the Tories' 35 per cent.