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Canadian election: Justin Trudeau's Liberals tipped to win nailbiting poll
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.
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The election appears set to be the closest in the country’s history. Just in the last three weeks the centre-left Liberals, led by the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, have surged into the lead.Barring a surprise, Trudeau is on course to oust Harper as he seeks a rare fourth term as prime minister.
Polls put the Liberals about seven points ahead but current projections suggest the party will not be able to win the 170 seats required for a parliamentary majority on its own. There have been hints throughout the campaign that the left-wing New Democratic Party would be willing to enter into a coalition with the Liberals, but no outright promises.
