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If you want to know whether Canada is headed for a spring election (or a fall election, or any other time election) there is just one number to look at: seat projections.

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The Liberal Party of Canada has not become the most successful political organization in the Western world for the last century because it cares about policy, economics, the environment, national defence or federal debt.

If you want to know how little principles and ideals mean to the Liberals, just look at how they jettison a decade of doctrine and values in the last election. They enthusiastically tossed the carbon tax overboard, then stole from the Conservatives policies on crime, housing, affordability, budget balancing and a host of other hot topics in a brazen attempt to win last April’s election.

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