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Whenever I hear the word “infrastructure”, I reach for my metaphorical revolver. Of course it’s worthy and important – it’s sewers and roads and bridges, which politicians are always promising to build, even when there’s no river.

But it’s not exciting or inspirational, and it’s certainly not going to win anyone a general election.

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Canadians want to go on vacation with Justin Trudeau, get financial advice from Stephen Harper and think Thomas Mulcair would be the most likely to loan them $100, according to Abacus Data.

A new poll released Wednesday morning asked Canadians were asked which of the three federal politicians best fit a random sample of eight descriptors from a possible 16.