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Polls show tight race between Grits and Tories in Ontario to start 2019, with 905 set for another election showdown

With the federal Liberals doing well in Toronto and the Conservatives successful in rural Ontario, ridings in Toronto's suburbs are set to be the key Ontario battleground this year.

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BY JOLSON LIM
January 14, 2019

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