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"When the prime minister returns from his travels, he may find that the political chickens have come home to roost."

Antonia Zerbisias for Al Jazeera;

Probably the week's most stinging blow came from Harper's home province of Alberta where, on Tuesday, in a stunning election upset, the provincial NDP won a majority, toppling a 44-year reign by the Conservatives.


Only winning an international hockey game would make Canadians more jubilant than they were on Twitter on Tuesday night. The "Orange Crush", named for the NDP colours, had rolled over tar sands country, hard hit by the tanking price of oil, right in the Harper heartland.


Canada's right-wing agenda is coming undone