StatsCan figures show Canada was already in recession when Harper called vote in 2008
The math shows a razor-thin preliminary calculation gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper a tool to call the election, flay Stéphane Dion's Liberals and claim bragging rights that were not rightly his.
PARLIAMENT HILL—It was a lightning strike, a one-in-a-million statistical hit that turned the fortunes of Parliament—and is detailed here for the first time.
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