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A summer of discontent for Canada’s conservatives

A summer of discontent for Canada’s conservatives Is this a summer of discontent for the country’s conservatives? Look around. In three provinces, parties that call themselves Progressive Conservative are leaderless and adrift. Nationally, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have been running second to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in all but seven of 63 polls published by several different firms in the last 15 months. The most recent one, published last week by Abacus Data, found the Tories trailing the Grits by three points. Abacus also reported this remarkable statistic: 13% — or better than one in ten — of the 5.8 million Canadians… View Article