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FEDERAL NDP LEADER JACK LAYTON CAMPAIGNS IN NEWWESTMINSTER

Federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton autographs an election copy of Time Magazine Canada and local daily The Vancouver Sun for a supporter on a campaign stop in New Westminster, near Vancouver on June 26, 2004. With election day on June 28th and the Liberals and Conservatives almost even in the polls the NDP could hold the balance of power in the case of a minority Government. (UPI PHOTO/Heinz Ruckemann)

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