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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians are voting in a federal election which is likely to strip the ruling Liberals of their majority in Parliament and leave the country with its first minority government in 25 years. Polls indicate the Liberals of Prime Minister Paul Martin (news - web sites), hit both by a patronage scandal and voter fatigue after a decade in power, will end up about level with the opposition Conservatives of Stephen Harper. Neither party looks set to gain enough legislators to control the 308-seat Parliament and the balance of power will likely lie in the hands of the...

Liberals take six-point lead over Conservatives The election: Tories lose ground, Harper considers a new tack, and a coveted group of voters speak up By DREW FAGAN From Tuesday's Globe and Mail The Liberal Party has vaulted back into the lead in the federal election, apparently helped along by the Conservatives' campaign troubles, according to a new poll conducted over the weekend. The Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV, finds that support for the Liberals has rebounded to 34 per cent of decided voters, while Stephen Harper 's Conservatives have dropped to 28 per cent, a...