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Prime Minister Stephen Harper sought to shore up support against front-running rival Justin Trudeau in battleground Ontario as Canada’s election campaign entered its final week.

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Harper, hoping to become the first leader in more than a century to win a fourth straight term, must win several key districts in the nation’s most populous province in order to prevent losing power to the surging Liberal Party. The latest polls show Trudeau’s team has taken a clear lead, breaking a weeks-long deadlock.

Harper is spending the next few days in suburban Toronto ridings and southwestern Ontario cities such as Kitchener, a region to which he owes his rise to power and where data suggest the Conservatives are vulnerable. To counter Trudeau’s gathering momentum the Conservatives have started warning Canadians what might happen if he wins.

“There’s a real chance that Justin’s Liberals could form government, which will have lasting consequences for our economy — resulting in job losses, tax hikes and permanent deficits,” former foreign minister John Baird told reporters traveling with Harper near Toronto Sunday. “This election isn’t a popularity contest. Your vote on Oct. 19 has real consequences for your job, household budget and our economy.”