Oct 12, 2008
Canadian leader gambles for majority government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power.
If the polls are any indication, though, Canada's third national ballot in just over four years will give the country yet another minority government.
Harper's Conservatives did not win an outright majority in the 308-seat Parliament in the 2006 election. As a minority government in the previous Parliament, the Conservatives had to rely on the opposition to pass budgets and legislation.
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