You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Canadian PM Re-Elected to Minority Government

HeadlineOct 15, 2008

And in Canada, voters have re-elected Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party to the most seats in parliament. Harper has been a staunch ally of President Bush. Despite the win, Harper’s Conservatives again fell short of picking up a parliamentary majority, meaning it will again have to form a minority government. The center-left New Democratic Party picked up eight seats, from twenty-nine to thirty-seven.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top