Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an
opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax to curb global warming will steer
voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power, AP reported.
If the polls are any indication, though, Canada's third national ballot in just
over four years will give the country yet another minority government.
Harper's Conservatives did not win an outright majority in the 308-seat
Parliament in the 2006 election. Harper on Sunday contrasted Canada's economic
and fiscal performance to the more dire situation in the U.S.
He said "we have the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years... We have a
better economic situation than the United States because, for two and a half
years, we have made better choices."
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