Montreal As Canadians brace for an imminent call for elections by the governing Conservatives, the North American nation's sputtering economy, the environment and Arctic sovereignty are emerging as key themes.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, buoyed by polls showing that the minority Conservatives are finally within reach of forming the long- coveted majority in Parliament, is expected to call a federal election any day this week. If he moves to dissolve the Parliament before Sunday, Canadians would go to polls on October 14.
For weeks Harper has argued that new elections are the only way to fix the increasingly dysfunctional" Parliament.