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| Canadian election: Justin Trudeau's Liberals tipped to win nailbiting poll | Canadian election: Justin Trudeau's Liberals tipped to win nailbiting poll |
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| Canadians head into a nail-bitingly close election on Monday in which the incumbent Conservative, Stephen Harper, is struggling to hold on to power in the face of a challenge by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party. | Canadians head into a nail-bitingly close election on Monday in which the incumbent Conservative, Stephen Harper, is struggling to hold on to power in the face of a challenge by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party. |
| Related: Canadian election: Justin Trudeau's Liberals tipped to win nailbiting poll | |
| Harper is seeking a rare fourth term as prime minister, but polls put the Liberals about seven points ahead – and approaching the popularity levels need for a majority in parliament. | Harper is seeking a rare fourth term as prime minister, but polls put the Liberals about seven points ahead – and approaching the popularity levels need for a majority in parliament. |
| “This is going to be a close election,” Trudeau told about 1,000 supporters in Halifax. “We’re on the verge of accomplishing something big.” | “This is going to be a close election,” Trudeau told about 1,000 supporters in Halifax. “We’re on the verge of accomplishing something big.” |
| If he wins and can form a majority administration, Trudeau, the son of the late former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, would become Canada’s second youngest prime minister. | If he wins and can form a majority administration, Trudeau, the son of the late former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, would become Canada’s second youngest prime minister. |
| He may have to form an alliance with the third-placed party, the left-leaning New Democratic party, which is polling at about 22% of votes. The NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, held events in Toronto on Sunday before travelling to Montreal. | He may have to form an alliance with the third-placed party, the left-leaning New Democratic party, which is polling at about 22% of votes. The NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, held events in Toronto on Sunday before travelling to Montreal. |
| A Trudeau victory could ease Canada’s tensions with the administration of Barack Obama, whose reluctance to approve a major Canada-US pipeline has damaged ties between the two major trading partners. While Trudeau supports the Alberta-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline, it is not a do-or-die issue for him as it is for Harper, who represents a district in oil-rich Alberta. | A Trudeau victory could ease Canada’s tensions with the administration of Barack Obama, whose reluctance to approve a major Canada-US pipeline has damaged ties between the two major trading partners. While Trudeau supports the Alberta-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline, it is not a do-or-die issue for him as it is for Harper, who represents a district in oil-rich Alberta. |
| Experts say that a Trudeau victory would make a thaw in relations between the two countries more likely, and would help to facilitate action on issues such as climate change. | Experts say that a Trudeau victory would make a thaw in relations between the two countries more likely, and would help to facilitate action on issues such as climate change. |
| Harper spent the final weekend of campaigning making his pitch to the Ford Nation, the diehard conservative fans who coalesce around Toronto’s former crack-smoking mayor, Rob Ford, and his family. | Harper spent the final weekend of campaigning making his pitch to the Ford Nation, the diehard conservative fans who coalesce around Toronto’s former crack-smoking mayor, Rob Ford, and his family. |
| Related: Pierre Trudeau | Related: Pierre Trudeau |
| About 1,500 supporters gathered to hear Ford’s brother Doug, who replaced Rob Ford in the mayoral election after the latter was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, introduce Harper. At Ford’s first mention of Trudeau, the room erupted into loud booing and cries of “shame”. | About 1,500 supporters gathered to hear Ford’s brother Doug, who replaced Rob Ford in the mayoral election after the latter was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, introduce Harper. At Ford’s first mention of Trudeau, the room erupted into loud booing and cries of “shame”. |
| In Quebec, Harper touted his economic track record and dodged questions about his relationship with the Fords. | In Quebec, Harper touted his economic track record and dodged questions about his relationship with the Fords. |