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A Canadian electorate that appears to have tired of over a decade of Liberal rule headed to the polls on Monday, seemingly ready to hand a limited mandate to the Conservatives.
It was a rematch of the 2004 race that gave Liberal PM Paul Martin a minority government. But this time Conservative leader Stephen Harper has built up a much more substantial lead of six to 12 percentage points in opinion polls, and the Conservatives seem headed for their first government in 12 years. Martin8217;s government was toppled in November over voter anger about kickbacks from government contracts.
Rather than spending time on that issue, Harper laid out a policy a day during a campaign that ended up dispelling some of the doubts voters had about him in 2004.
