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    • Election Night

    How it all ended for Stephen Harper

    A silence choked the air when the results came in. Stephen Harper struck proud notes in his political eulogy—but an era had passed.

    Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party begins

    In Montreal, Justin Trudeau’s victory surprised many Liberals—save for Justin Trudeau himself

    Layton’s against the old games. It’s a new one now.

    What leverage will Layton’s much larger caucus have?

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    Good evening from Layton HQ

    Greetings from NDP headquarters here in the basement of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, down near Lake Ontario, where the chants of N-D-P, N-D-P have just broken out for the first time. The crowd has been a bit cautious, it seems to me, about letting a celebratory mood take hold prematurely, lest sky-high expectations be brought down to earth. Doesn’t seem like they have much to worry about, though. The room, capacity about 2,000, is only now starting to really fill up. More as the evening unfolds.