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Harper moves to fulfill promise to better reflect growing might of Western Canada at federal level

And Quebec's gradual re-engagement in national parties also stands to accelerate an ongoing decline in Ontario's clout at the federal level.

Slowly but nevertheless surely Ontario is being edged out of the driver's seat of the federation. The latest push came two weeks ago when the Bank of Canada raised its key lending rate to curb inflation or, to be more specific, to cool the economy of Alberta.

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