Those of us who’ve been complaining about the “10-percent” flyers have been given a big boost by one of Canada’s most respected pollsters.

Angus Reid conducted a poll of 1012 Canadians on August 27-28 which found that:

49 per cent of respondents believe the mail-outs are inadmissible because they are campaign material

You can read the full poll results on the Angus Reid website.

On another note:

I received “10-percent” flyer number 21 today. It’s the usual crap of course.

Apparently, according to Garth Turner, the flyers don’t violate Elections Canada rules as long as they were mailed before the election was called. Fair enough.

HOWEVER, it does raise an interesting contrast with the actual Conservative campaign brochure I received on Monday (the day after the election was called) which must have been mailed before the “10-percent” flyer I received today.

So, while it may not violate Elections Canada rules, I believe it does violate the spirit of the rules if some candidates are mailing real election brochures with the confidence that they won’t be delivered until after the election is called while other candidates (sitting MPs) are mailing “10-percenters” at the same time (with what one should assume would be the same confidence about delivery after the election is called).