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KATHLEEN PETTY (HOST):
We talked about how Québec is clearly going to be a place to watch come election night and since the beginning of the campaign, we've also discussed the strategic importance of this so-called "905 region" around Toronto, as well as several ridings in British Columbia. But you know, the Atlantic is also witnessing some heated races - races that could make the difference between a majority government or another minority. And our New Brunswick provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has been looking into some of these ridings. Jacques, good morning.
JACQUES POITRAS (NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS REPORTER, CBC NEWS):
Good morning.
KATHLEEN PETTY (HOST):
So, lots of interesting ridings in your neck of the woods. What are you watching for?
JACQUES POITRAS (NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS REPORTER, CBC NEWS):
Well, yeah, in an election where a handful of seats could make for a majority, a handful in this region could count for a lot. So, in Newfoundland and Labrador, obviously, Danny Williams put his whole machine against Stephen Harper and against the Conservatives last time, so that has now changed. And with the Lower Churchill project, with Prime Minister Harper promising to assist, there's some thought that some seats there could change. They're looking particularly at St. John's South-Mount Pearl and Avalon as two ridings that the Conservatives hope to take away from the Liberals. In PEI, Shawn Murphy, the Liberal, is not running again in Charlottetown, so the Conservatives are hoping for a pickup there. And then, in Nova Scotia, there's some hope for the Liberals that Robert Thibault could win back his seat that he lost to the Conservative Greg Kerr in 2008, so it's a rematch there. And in Dartmouth-Coal Harbour, the Conservatives are hoping to gain that seat from the Liberals.
KATHLEEN PETTY (HOST):
Okay, we've got Thibault wanting to make a comeback, then, in Nova Scotia, but there's another comeback we want to talk about and this one's in New Brunswick.
JACQUES POITRAS (NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS REPORTER, CBC NEWS):
Yeah, that's right. There's not a lot of talk about many seats in New Brunswick changing hands; there's only a couple that are seen to be in play and one of them is Madawaska-Restigouche, where I...
