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Charest has a change of heart on election timing

To put it bluntly, Jean Charest is afraid to lose his spring window of opportunity to a Parliamentary budget crisis and a federal election.

It seems Quebec Premier Jean Charest would rather trust Prime Minister Stephen Harper with his political skin than Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion. When all is said and done, fear of a Liberal-led opposition stampede to bring down the minority Conservative government over its budget next mont...

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