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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Canada's Liberal Party has positively won a general election,
ending nearly a decade of conventional rule.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">The centrist Liberals,
led by Justin Trudeau, started the campaign in third place but in a dramatic turnaround
now rule a majority.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Mr
Trudeau, the 43-year-old son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, said
Canadians had voted for real change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Incumbent
Conservative PM Stephen Harper accepted defeat and his party said he will step
down as leader.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">It
was the highest movement in Canada's history, and had been thought to be much nearer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Speaking
after the polls stopped, Mr Harper said he had already congratulated Mr
Trudeau, saying the conservative would accept the results "without
hesitation".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Addressing
his thrilled supporters shortly afterwards, Mr Trudeau said that Canadians
"sent a clear message tonight - it's time for a change".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">"We
beat fear with hope, we beat cynicism with hard work. Most of all we crushed
the idea that Canadians should be pleased with less.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">"This
is what positive politics can do," he said, also praising Mr Harper for
his service to the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Few had predicted a
Liberal victory on this level. They look set to win 184 out of 338 seats - 14
more than they need for a majority.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That represent a huge
increase from only 36 that they had held after suffer their worst-ever election
result in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They become the first
party ever to move from third place in parliament to a majority in one election.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The party's election
platform included:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Cutting income taxes for middle-class Canadians while rising
them for the wealthy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Running deficits for three years to pay for infrastructure
spending<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Doing more to address environmental concerns over the
controversial Keystone oil pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Taking more Syrian refugees; pulling out of bombing raids
against Islamic State while bolstering training for Iraqi forces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Legalizing marijuana<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Meanwhile, the
left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) is on course to win 44 seats, less than
half the number they held in the outgoing parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">"I congratulated Mr.
Trudeau on his exceptional achievement," said NDP leader Tom Mulcair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>

Canada election: Liberals clean to power

Canada's Liberal Party has positively won a general election, ending nearly a decade of conventional rule. The centrist Liberals,...