Canada moves to right in vote

Canada took a tentative step to the right in yesterday's federal election, ousting the Liberals after 12 years in power and voting in a fragile minority Conservative government, television networks said. Read on.

And there is some optimism that a Conservative victory in Canada may bring warmer ties with the U.S. as twelve years of Liberal rule ended in Canada as opposition leader Stephen Harper led his Conservative Party to victory and defeated Prime Minister Paul Martin announced he would step down as Liberal leader...