The Conservative Party may have won Canada's federal election yesterday, but did so without much support from major cities. With few urban MPs in the Conservative cabinet, how will the incoming parliament deal with issues facing cities?
"Voters shut out the Harper government from two of Canada's major cities for a second consecutive election last night, with the Tories failing to secure a single seat in either Toronto or Montreal.
Although the Conservatives managed to secure one seat in Vancouver, analysts say the Tories still face the difficult task of winning over voters in some of the country's largest urban centres.
The Conservatives scored big in the suburbs surrounding major cities last night, but analysts say that without MPs from the core of urban centres, issues such as immigration, public transit and municipal policing will get little attention in the 40th Parliament and Mr. Harper's new cabinet."
FULL STORY: Urban voters say no to Conservatives
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