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Saturday, March 17

Harper to the polls on justice issues?

by DavidAkin on Sat 17 Mar 2007 08:23 PM EDT

Stephen Harper is giving a speech to the Conservative Party’s candidate school in Mississauga, Ont. this weekend. If you’re looking for a hint about what he’ll use as the ‘trigger’ to call an election, try this passage:

“We took action to introduce mandatory prison sentences for gun crimes, a crackdown ... more »

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