Canadians will know in the next few weeks whether or not there will be an election this fall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday. He said he will review the current situation carefully and decide if the existing government is effective enough to continue running the country. "The fact of the matter is what I will have to decide over the next few weeks is whether or not we can have a productive fall session of Parliament or whether in fact the government, a government, needs a new mandate," Harper told reporters in Hamilton, Ont. "That's a decision, an analysis, I'll have to reflect on … I think we've had a productive two and a half years, [but] I do think that has slowed somewhat in recent weeks." He said the NDP and the Bloc Québécois have already indicated that they want an election called immediately. Harper said...
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