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David Akin charts the summer travels of Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff with possibly revealing results.

David Akin charts the summer travels of Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff with possibly revealing results.

It seems that, so far on their respective summer tours, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been pretty much staying in friendly Conservative-held territory while Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has been largely touring around ridings that the Liberals do not hold.

Indeed, despite having apparently eluded the vision of various keen observers of politics, Mr. Ignatieff has apparently made it to some 22 cities and towns.

And if you like to follow your political leaders more graphically, there’s our official Maclean’s map.