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How is it possible Conservative brain trust underestimated ‘change’ force in 2015 election?

Harper was seeking to win a fourth consecutive mandate, a feat for which there was no modern precedent at the federal level.

Opinion
BY CHANTAL HÉBERT
February 11, 2016

Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | February 11, 2016

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How is it possible Conservative brain trust underestimated ‘change’ force in 2015 election?

Harper was seeking to win a fourth consecutive mandate, a feat for which there was no modern precedent at the federal level.

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