The 2011 election: what happened and what it may mean

Despite their glory days of yore, the Liberal Party may very well suffer what the federal CCF-NDP had endured for eight decades: in the eyes of many voters, voting for a third party is a wasted vote.

TORONTO—Two parties wanted an election and two did not. The Conservatives, with a comfortable lead in the polls and their well-oiled election machine ever at the ready, believed a majority was easily within reach. The Liberals, having test-run their leader's tour in 2010, thought that a cam...

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