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RSSInterview: Dr. Jeff Ayers on Canadian political instability
Friday, 12/05/08 7:49am
If you're one of those political junkies going through withdrawal now that the U.S. presidential contest is history, you can turn to Canada to get a fix of serious political drama.
Canadians are facing a period of unprecedented political instability. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had the Governor General of Canada rush back from a trip to Europe and asked her to suspend Parliament, and she agreed.
Dr. Jeff Ayres is the Chair of the Political Science Department at St. Michael's College. Ayres says such a drastic move is stunning to Canadians, and even more so to Americans.
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