Canada's election: Harper's hour.
According to an opinion poll conducted in June 2004, the Canadian Conservative party, under the leadership of Stephen Harper, could have enough support to form a minority government at the next general election on June 28. The poll suggested that the Conservatives now have 35 percent of the vote, a...
| Published in: | Economist Vol. 371; pp. 35 - 36 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
6/12/2004
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