Harper Wins Clear Path to Tax, Spending Cuts in Canada Vote
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a majority of seats in Parliament for the first time, giving his Conservative Party a mandate to bolster the economic recovery with additional tax cuts and erase the country’s deficit with curbs on government spending.
Harper’s party won 167 of 308 districts, according to results posted on Election Canada’s website as of 10:09 a.m. New York time. Jack Layton’s pro-labor New Democratic Party won 102 seats to form the official opposition, followed by 34 for the Liberal Party led by Michael Ignatieff, four for the Bloc Quebecois and one for the Green Party.