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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100408111500/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060502/toronto_commuters_060502/20060502 STEPHEN HARPER EATS BABIES].

* The 2011 federal election was a bit less alarmist on all sides, as the Conservatives and NDP realized that they could both gain at the expense of the Liberals and the Bloc (which they did). As a result, it's a fair statement that this election had ''two'' winners, without ''too'' much mudslinging.

** There was little mudslinging between the Conservatives and the NDP. However, the entire Conservative strategy was essentially portraying the Liberal leader Michael ~~Iggnatieff~~ as evil for having lived in the United States while teaching at Harvard.

** There was little mudslinging between the Conservatives and the NDP. However, the entire Conservative strategy was essentially portraying the Liberal leader [[w:Michael Ignatieff|Michael Ignatieff]] as evil for having lived in the United States while teaching at Harvard.

* In 2003, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario accidentally released an overblown press release identifying the Liberal Party leader, Dalton McGuinty, as an [[wikipedia:Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet|"evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet"]]. McGuinty instantly responded with "I like cats" with a self-deprecating smile that charmed the public and caught a lucky break during a photo-op when a cat wandered to him and he got to pet it for the camera. The result is that he won the election with a solid majority.