Number of candidates who previously supported a listed terrorist organization who are running for the Conservative party in Scarborough: 1
Number of Conservative candidates in Vancouver who have been publicly endorsed by Ripudaman Singh Malik, a man who was acquitted of terrorism charges related to the 1985 Air India bombing: 1
Number of times Conservative staffers rallied the crowd at a press conference to shout down a reporter who tried to question Stephen Harper about this endorsement: 1
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Number of individuals who voted in the Liberals’ on-line poll to select the best Harper quote on health care: 6,726
Percentage who selected the winning quote: “Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it”: 50.91%
Number of times Harper has publicly declared his full and unconditional support for the public health care system during this campaign: ZERO
Number of times Harper has explained how he can avoid massive cuts to public health care as evidence mounts about the out-of-control costs of his $30-billion F-35s and the $11-billion hole in his platform: ZERO
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Number of Conservative candidates who have run away from all-candidates debates or media interviews: 50
Number of Ajax-Pickering Conservative candidates who have publicly admitted the Conservative platform is all about “businesses first, families and pensioners second”: 1
Number of NDP candidates in Ajax-Pickering who decided to take a Caribbean vacation in the middle of the current election campaign: 1
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Number of times Conservative Saskatchewan candidate Brad Trost revealed publicly that the pro-life movement has influenced Conservative policy on a woman’s right to choose: 2
Number of times Brad Trost said he doesn’t see how anything he may have said contradicts anything his boss, Stephen Harper, has said on the subject: 1
Number of times Harper confirmed his support for a woman’s right to choose: ZERO
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Number of past Liberal Prime Ministers who have thrown their support behind Michael Ignatieff by joining him on the campaign trail: 2
Number of past Conservative Prime Ministers who have thrown their support behind Stephen Harper: ZERO
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Number of investigations called for this week into the Conservative government: 4 (John Baird and Tony Clement for allegedly misappropriating funds related to G8 spending; Justice Minister Rob Nicholson allegedly abusing his parliamentary resources; Dimitri Soudas allegedly receiving kick-backs for his role in the Port of Montreal and Bruce Carson allegedly violating the Lobbying Act)
