Economic prognostications and political reverberations

'I'm certainly tired of writing stories speculating about what the Harper government or what the Ignatieff opposition is doing to position itself in time for the next election,' says veteran Canadian Press reporter Jim Brown.

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BY Cynthia Münster

May 4, 2009

TORONTO—Mackenzie King was Canada's longest serving prime minister; his Liberals set the record for federal government longevity with their uninterrupted 22-year rule from 1935 to 1957. One important reason for their success was their good fortune in losing the 1930 election. The stock ma...

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