Harper mainstreets backyard of BC.

Stephen Harper takes his campaign to a dead end Victoria Sunday, where the conservative camp and the media descended on a suburban house.

Conservative leader spent the morning of Easter baskets and decorate eggs with a group of children and participated in an Easter egg hunt. Owner Rose Cowles runs a studio of small artist out of the back of the House where she teaches children's art classes.

Harper used the backdrop to talk about tax credit for children arts first announced on the 2008 campaign trail and has promised in the budget on March 22.

Stephen Harper and Laureen Harper wife help Ava de Souza find eggs during an Easter egg hunt in Royal Oak, b.c., Sunday. Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press

Harper is in the hope of gaining ground in British Columbia Colombia may 2, where several swing constituencies could hold the key for a conservative majority.

After the Easter holiday, Harper took the crowd outside where he took questions from the media.

Harper has yet responded to questions about Vancouver-southern conservatives, Wai Young candidate, who came under fire for accepting an endorsement of Ripudaman Singh Malik, businessman local Sikh linked to individuals convicted in the bombing of Air India.

It sticks to its candidate, and his explanation that it simply did not know that Malik was when she accepted the endorsement, Harper said. Young has since the endorsement of Malik was dismissed.

Harper was also questioned on the issue of whether he can be trusted with a majority government. Harper has said that his file and the sound management of the economy prove there are trustworthy. It did not address the question of whether Canadians can be trusted, because several campaign promises - including a commitment to not run a deficit - were broken.

Conservative leader participated in a rally Saturday with conservative candidate John Duncan of Campbell River, part of the North of the island of Vancouver riding.

Duncan recaptured its former headquarters in the apparition of Vancouver Island in a tight race in 2008, beating NDP incumbent Catherine Bell.

"We know about the NDP here." "And we know better," Duncan told supporters at the rally.

Harper also blown Democrats, criticizing the party leader Jack Layton on the register of firearms.

"Mr. Layton and his partner says no to new to the waiver of rights because they support the firearms registry," Harper said. "Do not register of weapons fire and should not be your taxes to pay for it."

The NDP took heat from all sides as the Liberals, the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois after a series of polls suggested increased support for it.

Mario Canseco, Vice President, Public Opinion Angus Reid, said he expected that the apparent rise in support of the NDP will be a major issue in the last week of the campaign.

"One of the main things that has happened in the last 48 hours, now we have advertisements tories attacking NDP," he said. "" "". It is something what we never thought would be possible a few weeks ago. ?

The Conservatives held 21 seats 36 of the Colombia-British title in the election, while the NDP held five Liberals and nine. A single seat was vacant.

Harper has been developed to make appearances in Victoria and Vancouver Sunday before heading to Ontario.

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