Brief: Canada
PRIME Minister Stephen Harper, right, is expected to dissolve Canada's parliament today and call early elections, with the economy and a proposed opposition tax on energy sources expected to be the main issues.
Harper's Conservatives need to win an additional 28 seats to have a majority in parliament, and although he has played down that possibility, polls indicate the right-of-centre party has a chance to do so.
A spokesman for the prime minister announced the plans, saying voting would be held on October 14. It will be Canada's third national ballot in four years. He added: "The government needs to have a clear mandate from the people of Canada during a time of global economic uncertainty."
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