Taber Is A Silly Canard: 2008 Coalition Was Evenly Supported

Taber repeats a now common canard re. the proposed 2008 coalition, formed under the most extraordinary and difficult circumstances as a matter of democratic necessity, and in the teeth of a bitterly biased right-wing Canadian media: "The Tory memo, circulated to supporters and MPs, says about a coalition, which Canadians "overwhelmingly rejected" two years ago". Now, I realise that while I was in favour of the coalition, many were opposed, esp media like Taber, and were and are willing to use any bad faith trick to prevent it. But as a matter of truth, for any fairminded person, it is worth correcting the record, here are the polls from the time:
Angus Reid: 37% pro-coalition, 7% pro-opposition accord (total: 44%), 32% new election, 24% unsure.
Léger: 40% pro-coalition, 43% new election, 17% unsure
EKOS: 28% pro-coalition, 37% pro-prorogation, 19% pro-election (vote support: Oppo 56%, CPC 44%)
Ipsos Reid: 37% pro-coalition, 57% opposed, 7% unsure (vote intention: very close, but Oppo Majority)

And worth noting on its own, the Léger poll concluded that among the Opposition Majority Electorate, the support for the coalition was, coalition vs. election: Libs 78-13, NDP 57-25, Bloc 79-8. Six to one support among Liberals, over two-one among NDP, ten to one among Bloc. And this, again, under the most difficult conditions imaginable, with no preparatory work having been done.

So we can say, if we want to be accurate and truthful, that opinion was evenly divided, as one would expect, given the division in the country. But one thing is for sure: the coalition was NOT "overwhelmingly rejected".