Iraq war could trigger a snap fall election

If the polls remain high for Liberals and stagnant for the government, Stephen Harper has to wonder whether his choices are to go into an election next fall against Trudeau and lose, or do the right thing for his party and conservatism and leave by the end of this year, giving his successor a good chance to turn things around.

So we’re off to war and the Prime Minister was not able to get the opposition parties to support his motion to send fighter jets and troops to Iraq. More accurately, though, he didn’t make any effort to get their support and eschewed the long-term practice of shari...

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