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NDP Wave's Next Destination May Be B.C., Polls Suggest

The Huffington Post Canada  |  By Posted: 05/08/2012 9:14 am Updated: 05/08/2012 9:20 am

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The NDP wave has already swept across Quebec, and B.C. may be the next province to succumb to the Orange Crush.

The New Democrats have a long history in B.C., having formed the government on several occasions. But the federal NDP has not won B.C. since 1988, when the party took 37 per cent of the vote under Ed Broadbent. Though their lead over the Progressive Conservatives was only two points, it was enough to give the party 19 of the 32 seats in the province.

The NDP also won the popular vote in B.C. in 1962, 1965 and 1972. But the party's drought in the province now stands at 24 years. Will it end in 2015?

It certainly could. The federal New Democrats have led in 10 of the last 13 polls in the province, and in six of the eight polls that have been conducted since Thomas Mulcair became leader on March 24.

The most recent survey from April 24-25 by Forum Research gave the New Democrats a massive 12-point lead over the Tories, with 44 per cent support to 32 per cent. The rolling, weighted average from ThreeHundredEight.com, on the other hand, gives the NDP a more modest three point edge: 38 per cent to 35 per cent for the Conservatives.

Even that represents a major shift in only 12 months. Compared to the last election, the NDP has picked up five points while the Conservatives have lost 11. The Liberals have also made gains and now average 18 per cent support, an increase of five points.

With these levels of support, the New Democrats can expect to make inroads in B.C.. One or two more seats should easily fall into their hands, but as many as five seats could change from Tory blue to NDP orange.

And this is with a narrow three point edge. With Forum’s numbers, the NDP could win between eight and 14 more seats in the province over and above what they currently hold.

These gains would come primarily in the Fraser Valley and on Vancouver Island, though a few seats in the Interior could also flip to the NDP. But considering that the province is scheduled to receive six new seats when the riding boundaries are redrawn before the next election, the New Democrats are very well placed: those areas of potential NDP growth are also areas of strong population growth.

The performance of the provincial NDP is also boosting support for the federal party. The latest poll taken earlier this month by Forum Research gave the B.C. New Democrats 48 per cent support. The governing B.C. Liberals trailed by 25 points and have not led in a single poll since May 2011.

If the B.C. NDP forms the next government in 2013, and leader Adrian Dix’s popularity does not falter, the federal New Democrats will be in strong position to make significant gains in the province. With continued dominance in Quebec, B.C. could be the second plank of an NDP election victory in 2015.

Éric Grenier taps The Pulse of federal and regional politics for Huffington Post Canada readers on most Tuesdays and Fridays. Grenier is the author of ThreeHundredEight.com, covering Canadian politics, polls, and electoral projections.

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  • British Columbia

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  • Alberta

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  • Manitoba

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  • Nova Scotia

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    P.E.I. will gain no new seats under the Tory bill. The province currently has 4 seats.<br><br> P.E.I.'s population is now 140,204 people.<br><br> The size each riding should be is 35,051 people.<br><br> Percentage of House: Approximately 1 per cent.<br><br> Percentage of Canada's population: Approximately 0.5 per cent.<br><br> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilwillsey/" target="_hplink">Flickr: n_willsey</a>)


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  • 7. They Used To Be Friends

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Gnomish
ego doctus ignarus
164 Fans
01:13 AM on 05/11/2012
All the NDP have to do is tell us the truth. Brutal though some of it might be. I'm tired of being lied to.
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Skookum1
truth can't be bought, but lies sure can be sold..
193 Fans
10:49 PM on 05/08/2012
delusional bull concocted by the NeoGrit spin machine and the so-called mainstream media. BC's economy was roaring and the province had a surplus when the NDP were driven from office by media witchhunting and the Liberals lying about not selling BC Rail (which we know for a fact was a deliberate lie) and the province's finances and resources have been bankrupted while public services and agencies and resources have been outsourced to outside (largely American) capital/management firms. BC Hydro is being deliberately driven to bankruptcy so it, too, can be hocked off to the government's friends. Poverty and the divide between rich and poor has widened, who areas of the province flat on their back to pay for an Olympics fraught with financial irregularities. And over all, the stench of blatant, institutionalized cronyism and well-dressed corruption of all kinds.

The BC Liberals are WORSE than the federal Tories. And BC's economy is NOT a good thing right now; unlike the 90s which, despite a mining-industry-led effort to blacklist and boycott BC, was a dynamic and expanding period in the province's history. The BC Liberals robbed the cupboard while ranting about a "Golden Decade"....golden, yes, if you were one of their FRIENDS....
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Skookum1
truth can't be bought, but lies sure can be sold..
193 Fans
11:29 PM on 05/08/2012
That was meant to be a reply to Vikrim's post which begins ``I'm no fan of Harper. I don't think he or his government represent true Canadian values.`` There was a `hang` in the original reply posting, I went to another load of the page and put it in the general comments window by mistake, when it was supposed to be a direct reply to Vikrim. I see that others here, Watson Richardson and sdgreen come to mind, who voiced similar lies about the supposed misrule of the NDP vs the alleged but totally false good government myth of the BC Liberals. That the media invoke this all the time is only a reminder that they were part and party to the lie and its main perpetrators....and witch hunters.
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Lou on Vancouver Island
Allin, Lou: Mystery Author
1274 Fans
06:34 PM on 05/08/2012
AND, we elected the first Green member of Parliament. It's happening here.
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HarleyOpenRoad
2184 Fans
09:15 PM on 05/08/2012
Spark up another one, Lou.

Bask in your PC greenness.
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BCSLAVE
Got a key?
358 Fans
12:52 AM on 05/09/2012
You shrill
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TheRenaissanceMan
A starry-eyed idealist with too much time
24 Fans
01:08 AM on 05/09/2012
Can I come? :(
Ontario is too blue!
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Lou on Vancouver Island
Allin, Lou: Mystery Author
1274 Fans
11:37 PM on 05/09/2012
I moved here after 29 years in Sudbury. NDP rules here, just like there. But ironically, it's colder and wetter and not as warm in the summer. But no snow, and no bugs.
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Lou on Vancouver Island
Allin, Lou: Mystery Author
1274 Fans
06:33 PM on 05/08/2012
Without a doubt! We are ready out here in Canada's Caribbean. The cons are pathetic, and the liberals can't stand on any kind of a record other than one mess after another.
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Frankiethepunk
72 Fans
05:17 PM on 05/08/2012
Hey, I hope so. I plan on changing my vote from Liberal to NDP next election.
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HarleyOpenRoad
2184 Fans
05:34 PM on 05/08/2012
That's just a small sideways step.

Hardly counts at all.
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rolor
'round and 'round we go
1185 Fans
 
06:42 PM on 05/08/2012
A "small sideways step" to the left by more and more people who keep stepping further left the more the right careens toward their extreme.
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Gnomish
ego doctus ignarus
164 Fans
01:16 AM on 05/11/2012
Cooperate or disappear Liberals. We have one job and that is Harper.
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Frankiethepunk
72 Fans
11:59 AM on 05/11/2012
I agree
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Vikrim
90 Fans
03:05 PM on 05/08/2012
I'm no fan of Harper. I don't think he or his government represent true Canadian values.

I'm also no fan of the BC Conservative party as they appear to mirror that of the feds.

I also have a long memory, and was around in the 90's for the last NDP government. That was disastrous for the province. Love or hate the BC Liberals but bottom line is when Campbell took over we had one of the worst economies in the country and when he finished we were among the top.

If the NDP get in again I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they're not the party of the 90's. However I'm saddened that the centre seems to be disappearing in BC (and in Canada for that matter) and we're headed toward a polarized right vs left scenario that's crippling the US.

That said the Liberals have my vote to lose and unfortunately in BC they're doing just that. I'm finding my vote doesn't have a home at the moment. It's very sad.
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TheRenaissanceMan
A starry-eyed idealist with too much time
24 Fans
01:09 AM on 05/09/2012
Go Green. :3
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homwwilk
44 Fans
02:03 PM on 05/08/2012
As has been mentioned, the major problem with the Canadian political system is the " first past the post " process of electing representatives. Until this system is changed to one of proportional representation whereby all votes count the same, we are going to have people such as Harper in power.

There are only 3 democratic countries, I believe , that still use the antiquated " first past the post " method and if you look at their history, particularly in the past 30 years, the results have not been good for the public in any one of those countries. This system is easily manipulated by those whose only interest is to gain power for the purpose of using the authority for narrow ideological viewpoints. Harper is just the latest example of this, although worse ones since the Second World War in Canada, don't immediately come to mind.

Democracy we do not have . Dictatorship maybe. Certainly the signs are their for all who are not blinded by ideology can see.
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Kristopher Leang
training to take down the elite
109 Fans
04:41 PM on 05/08/2012
i think you used too many big words on here for the Cons
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homwwilk
44 Fans
09:35 AM on 05/09/2012
Maybe so, but I get carried away when I write about those Reform/Cons, they are not true conservatives to me, in Ottawa.
By the way, not all elites need to be taken down. Just those who think eveybody else is a serf. Stay in training though!
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rolor
'round and 'round we go
1185 Fans
 
06:45 PM on 05/08/2012
STV keeps failing in BC even though the public would benefit. Positive change on such a fundamental level apparently requires "several kicks at the cat" before rationality permeates entrenched skepticism.
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Skookum1
truth can't be bought, but lies sure can be sold..
193 Fans
11:30 PM on 05/08/2012
the idiom is "kicks at the can".....
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homwwilk
44 Fans
09:12 AM on 05/09/2012
I think you are right, it's going to take a number of kicks...preferably not at the cat!

I think the STV system may be to complicated for the average voter to take the time to understand. Not that the voters are dumb, just that it is not simple and life everyday revolves around other issues that are seen to be more important. I guess we just have to keep on trying because it is too important not to.

I firmly believe that this is one of the most important political issues that Canadians will have to address in this century. I have the advantage, if being old is an advantage, of being an old b..... that has seen many elections and governments come and go. Without question none have really addressed fully the concerns of most Canadians. What kicks in when power is attained is an idoelogical mind set representative of only a relatively small segment of the voters. To my mind the closest any of them to achieving any kind of compromise policy making for the benefit of al Canadians was during the Pearson era, and even that had many faults.
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Kenneth T Tellis
47 Fans
01:47 PM on 05/08/2012
Thomas Mulcair is slippery no doubt, but when he runs out of Vaseline he is sure to stop. Harper may not be all that we want for a Prime Minister, but then Thomas Mulcair is a ROLLING STONE which gathers no MOSS.
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HarleyOpenRoad
2184 Fans
01:55 PM on 05/08/2012
Truth.

Fanned.
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SiameseTrainer
...we are Sia..mese if you don't please..
874 Fans
01:59 PM on 05/08/2012
Does that silliness pass for astute political commentary in whatever backwater you inhabit? Harper has none of the attributes of a Canadian Prime Minister that I want to see. When he is done making martyrs of environmental groups I suggest his odds of receiving the majority of seats in BC, Canada's GREENEST Province, will be less than --0. I am looking forward to the campaign, if the Law doesn't get him first.
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Watson Richardson
17 Fans
01:39 PM on 05/08/2012
People in BC are just dumb enough to vote back in the NDP.. The Conservative BC Liberals have been trying for years to clear up the massive contracts, debts, kickbacks etc that the god awful NDP imposed on BC. Do they not recall Harcourt and Clark????? Please prove me wrong BC voters, show me you are more intelligent than the complete fools that support the federal NDP. Please!
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4evercanadian
Still my guitar gently weeps
307 Fans
01:57 PM on 05/08/2012
Cost of fast ferries: $462 million
Cost of Olympics: $8 billion+

Looks to me like the CONs waste far more money on a big party for their business buddies. Hope you're looking forward to the NDP majority here next year!
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Watson Richardson
17 Fans
02:33 PM on 05/08/2012
Olympics generated more revenue than expenses... See, that's how economics works. Canada is doing the best in all the World yet half brains like you don't get it. Brutal.
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Vikrim
90 Fans
02:56 PM on 05/08/2012
If you're going to counter an argument with numbers you should make sure they're accurate.

Not sure where you got $8 billion from. VANOC's final budget was around $1.8B, two thirds of which came from corporate sponsors, $580 million from government which was dedicated to venue construction of which we're still using and generating revenue.

Security came in at $900 million which is definitely a hard one to swallow.

I hope you're not including things like the sea-to-sky highway improvements, the convention centre or the Canada Line train as those were projects on the books that would have happened regardless. Even if you do include them they're worth it as they're generating massive revenue and will be useful to us for decades...unlike the fast ferries.

Finally if you want to compare ROI between your two stats the Canadian government released a report in December of 2010 stating that the games had to that point generated $2.5 billion to the province. Fast ferries cost $450+ million and were sold to the Washington group for $19 million, and were never really used nor will be used by us again. The math is pretty simple.
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Marg Wood
Peace
313 Fans
05:24 PM on 05/08/2012
I'm sure they will prove you wrong and will vote NDP and show you what a complete fool you are! None of the parties are the same as they used to be and especially the Reform Alliance party! Oh, excuse me the Con servatives!
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Eileen Warren
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08:05 PM on 05/08/2012
Local talk show here -one man was introduced as a Consevative-he corrected the intro by saying he was a progressive conservative CBC?maritimenoonthis was on May8.Loved the distinction.
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paintitblacker
shit happens life goes on
121 Fans
01:26 PM on 05/08/2012
harpers biggest mistakes in b.c. and there have been several H.S.T. ,and supporting premier cambells lie with silence, installing boozenkool and McIntyre to show crispy the way , and the environmental review process being rewritten in a federal budget, harper needs b.c. for his pipeline to be successful, trying to micro manage b.c. from Ottawa ,never gonna happen. why because crispy is do much deadweight on the current liberal or free enterprise coalition. all for a pipeline in the most pristine ecosystem left in Canada , not gonna happen
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Glass Cannon
Let every eye negotiate for itself.
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01:47 PM on 05/08/2012
It's like you're speaking Australian!
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SiameseTrainer
...we are Sia..mese if you don't please..
874 Fans
02:06 PM on 05/08/2012
Hey, Australians speak english more or less. I understood what he had to say. In order to get his pipeline Harper is going to have to push BC around. #1 that won't work. #2 it will toast Federal and Provincial CONservatives in BC. Simple.
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Spanky McFarlane
ILLEGITIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM.
179 Fans
02:19 PM on 05/08/2012
He didn't support Campbell's 'lie' with silence- he offered him $ Billions to put the Tax in place& it was such a 'good idea' he put an 'ACT NOW' clause on the money for the cash strapped BC Premier,if you can believe that?

Yes, Mr. Harper knew that by broadening the base on the GST he could also squeeze more tax from consumers while paying lip service to his promise >NOT< to increase the GST.
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HawkeyePierce
17 Fans
01:02 PM on 05/08/2012
Harper is badly mistaken if he thinks he can, from far away Ottawa, short sell our grandchildren's resources, water, forests, marine life and wildlife to Chinese and other interests, without our rising up against his shortsighted vision. Or total lack of it.

We prefer nature to greed, period. We'll fight. But that fight would be infinitely easier, and more representative of the population's wishes, if the d*mned Liberals and the NDP would lose their egos and just form one "Democratic Liberal Party." (I had to laugh writing that proposed name. All the words that inflame Republicans . . .)
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mr Lyons
views of an meat-eating socialist
76 Fans
10:41 AM on 05/31/2012
I've given this some thought and the only NDP/Liberal joint name i think that would satisfy everyone is " the Democratic Party of Canada". personally i don't think it's too bad.
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BlackRabbit
174 Fans
12:59 PM on 05/08/2012
Well the NDP sure won't be picking up seats in the prairies. Not with Mulcair talking about how the petroleum industry is harming the rest of Canada.
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HarleyOpenRoad
2184 Fans
01:58 PM on 05/08/2012
He never mentions the multi-billions of $$$$ flowing into federal tax coffers because of that very oil.
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Kristopher Leang
training to take down the elite
109 Fans
05:03 PM on 05/08/2012
actually he does, and wants more of this money going into said coffers, he said it himself. he actually wants Canadians to benefit form Canada's resources, what a shocking world that would be.
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SiameseTrainer
...we are Sia..mese if you don't please..
874 Fans
02:07 PM on 05/08/2012
Don't count your horses azzes before they have their tails raised, silly rabbit!
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Will Webster
46 Fans
12:49 PM on 05/08/2012
All Mulcair has to do to win BC is get tough on the Election Fraud issue and demand the GG call a Public Inquiry and take a firm stand on the pipelines. If he does those two things he will sweep most of BC come another election.
People here are fed up with Mr. Harper and his lies. They are fed up with the way on part of the country gets played off against the other. And they are fed up with being spoon fed propaganda with their own dollars.
We also value our land, water and sky, and clearly Mr. Harper does not.
I don't think Mr. Harper stands a chance of winning BC again. The only real question is: Who will? Mr. Mulcair would be foolish to think he can do it without taking on CON corruption head on!
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Skookum1
truth can't be bought, but lies sure can be sold..
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10:56 PM on 05/08/2012
and back up Dix and the general polity by calling for a federal inquiry into the rigged bidding process surrounding BC Rail and the system of lobbyists ("organized bribery and cronyism") that is part of that story. The federal competition bureau did NOT act when CP and BNSF backed out of the process, and the RCMP refused to investigate. Countless irregularities in court proceedings and prosecutorial appointment and behaviour were also not just un-commented on, but judge switching was supported directly by the federal justice minister which is to say, Harper through one of this not-very-ministerial ratpack.

Supporting a major inquiry into corruption in British Columbia, and calling for a recall of Gordon Campbell from his travesty-appointment to the Canadian High Commission in London and so on - THAT will win votes in BC for Mulcair....a hands-off, "who us?" position on such issues will not serve him well. A line has been crossed in the conduct of provincial affairs, including meddling and supporting such corruption by the federal government, that it becomes part of federal politics - or should be.
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Tony Pepperoni
Where did all the good Republicans go?
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12:45 PM on 05/08/2012
There is a lot time to fill between now and 2015. I think it might be a tad early to be making any kind of prediction in the next federal election.
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paintitblacker
shit happens life goes on
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01:01 PM on 05/08/2012
and every day that passes is another lost opportunity for harper to do the right thing and look into his own party's questionable (at best) tactics. but then it is harper were talking about . the self appointed(robocalls) self anointed lord and enslavior, of the 99%,his following is dwindling his popularity dropping. soon he'll be posting negative numbers.
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Thalin Lea
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12:41 PM on 05/08/2012
The NDP has to behave very cleverly now, because the CP is trying to rip them off popularity with their usual dirty tricks like the latest Website they just opened blaming some of the NDP party members. I could not imagine they could get that low, but apparently the CP roots are that cynics. when they have no more reason and no more basis, they incur to the lack of respect towars their strongest opponent .
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Gnomish
ego doctus ignarus
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01:25 AM on 05/11/2012
NDP must fight on the level offered and not take the Politically correct route which is doomed to fail.
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