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Mainstreet PEI | Dec 11, 2012 | 4:17

Richard Raiswell - CRA poll

The Fall session of the PEI legislature wrapped up on Monday. It was a season where the Plan B project dominated much of the headlines - where the two parties outside the rail made lots of noise. PC Leader Olive Crane stood up to a challenge at the party's AGM - and then last week she decided to step down as Leader. Our political columnist Richard Raiswell has been looking at the CRA poll and what it might reveal.

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