Tory MP Jason Kenney reportedly told CBC Newsworld that no decision has been taken by his party on a spring election.

An excerpt from the globeandmail.com story:

Mr. Kenney said the Tories will spend next week's parliamentary break speaking with constituents before deciding whether to introduce a no-confidence motion.

He cautioned that at this point there's been no solid decision one way or the other.

"Well, first of all, it's only a scenario. It's not a decision that anybody's taken," he told CBC Newsworld after a caucus meeting.

"We won't be making any final decision about a non-confidence motion until we come back after a constituency week next week, when we get a chance to talk to real people on the ground. "

Mr. Kenney said he would like to get the message out in his ridings that the Tories believe, because of the sponsorship scandal, that the government has lost its "moral authority" to continue to govern.

When asked what the party makes of some polls suggesting that Canadians don't want to go to the polls this spring, Mr. Kenney replied, "There are different ways of looking at that. I don't ever recall a public appetite for an election per se even after three and a half or four years of a majority government."

Deputy Leader Peter MacKay said Wednesday that the party will be helped out by the sense of voter anger it gets during the break week.

"We want to find out exactly how Canadians are feeling about what's been transpiring at the Gomery commission and at the public accounts committee and see that if, in fact, there is a general sentiment that they want to drain the swamp and get rid of the Liberal Party and start fresh, we might help facilitate that."

On Newsnet Tuesday night, Tory Leader Stephen Harper said, "I have to judge what Canadians are telling me, but what this clearly tells me is the Liberals don't believe they have the confidence of Canadians. They're scared to death of an election."

He said the government is losing everyone's support, when asked if the NDP was edging closer to supporting the Tories because of the Liberal attempt to control opposition days.

"If this is the way the government's going to operate, I don't know how Canadians can have any confidence in them."

While Harper said he "wouldn't bet against" an election date in July, he wasn't specific about when he would bring a motion of non-confidence against the Liberals.

But with an opposition day now scheduled for May 19 (see A crazy day in national politics - II), the Globe actually pronounced a voting day of June 27 on its front page.