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Without winning a single Toronto seat, Prime Minister Stephen Harper could secure a majority in the next election. Mathematically, the possibility has always been there. Toronto has just 23 of the 308 seats in Parliament. What wasn't initially clear was whether Harper would try to build a winning coalition without Toronto. The emerging consensus: Yes. Political insiders at city hall, Queen's Park and on Parliament Hill expect the Prime Minister to make Quebec his top priority. The Conservatives now hold just 10 of the province's 75 seats. As a secondary thrust, Harper will target ridings his party lost by a...