Harper's re-election prospects improve with Libya participation

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Seems to have knocked the Conservative scandals off the front pages too. Imagine that!

Harper gains advantage with Libya participation: experts
By Mark Iype, Postmedia News March 20, 2011 2:06 PM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to use Canadian military jets to help secure a Libya no-fly zone has given him the opportunity to stand prominently on the world stage as the “leader of the people,” an image the other parties must counteract if they hope to be successful in a looming federal election, political experts say.

Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto said Sunday the opposition parties need to “change the channel,” and focus on the scandals that have battered the Conservatives in recent weeks.

“This is excellent for Harper,” said Wiseman of the decision to send six CF-18 fighter jets to enforce the UN-mandated no-fly zone in Libya.

“It gives him a stage on which to say, ‘I represent the government of Canada. I stand for the people of Canada.’ ”

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1. And the Harper government has been leaking things to the press like: there may be boots on the

ground to try and get on the international press. Has not worked. Canada is more often than not, not mentioned on CNN at least.