Harper plans to hold on to his seats – Winnipeg Free Press

April 24, 2015

Says he’s confident, despite loss of MPs

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s confident his Conservatives will hold onto three ridings in Winnipeg in which Tory MPs are leaving politics.

Shelly Glover (Saint Boniface), Joy Smith (Kildonan-St.Paul) and Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg South) have said they will not seek re-election when Canadians go to the polls in the fall.

Harper said he respected the three in their decisions. “It is never easy in this business to get off the ferris wheel, let’s put it that way,” he said Thursday after a speech at FC Woodworks in Transcona to promote small-business tax reductions announced in Tuesday’s budget.

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