In Toronto’s ‘Harperland’ suburbs,the prime minister is hoping that his record on the economy will be enough to hold off his Liberal challengerOutside the Congress middle in Etobicoke, a western suburb of Toronto, or a man with a demon mask pranced in the street holding a sign that said “Welcome to Harperland”. Along the street a little,protesters booed cars on their way in to the car park.
Inside the arena, prime minister Stephen Harper, and along with a raft of Conservative candidates,made his final pitch to the “Ford Nation”, the group of diehard conservative fans who coalesce around the city’s former crack-smoking mayor and his family.
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Source: theguardian.com