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Canadian PM Stephen Harper Calls for New Elections

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

New York Times – Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada called federal elections on Sunday, hoping to extend his Conservative Party’s decade-long hold on power despite questions about its ethics and a struggling economy.

By law, Mr. Harper had to hold a vote in October. But he broke with Canadian political tradition by formally opening the campaign in the middle of summer during what is a holiday weekend in most of the country. The move appeared designed to give the Conservative Party an edge in campaign spending. The campaign period before the vote on Oct. 19 will be the longest since Canadians all began voting on a single day in 1874.

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