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Ottawa - Paul Martin has reported another $1.2 million in donations to his Liberal leadership campaign, pushing the total in his war chest to a record $11.9 million - and counting. The Martin campaign is finally acknowledging - for the first time - that they will likely have money left over at the end. Under party rules, it will go to help get the Liberals out of the financial hole they have been operating in ever since the 2000 election. The federal party is estimated to be between $1.5 million and $2 million in the red, while the semi-autonomous Quebec wing has a separate debt believed to be about $3 million. Tortonto - A 44-year-old Harvard-educated veteran of local politics was elected mayor of Canada's largest city Monday, on a promise to put an end to the corruption and backroom deals. David Miller, who has earned a reputation as a consensus builder in his decade spent at Toronto's City Hall, beat out John Tory, the millionaire former CEO of giant Rogers Cable to run the country's most powerful municipal government. Fredericton - New Brunswick Tories say they're ready to throw their support behind a new Conservative Party of Canada, especially if one of their own is chosen as leader. About 80 people turned out in Fredericton on Monday night to hear from federal Tory Leader Peter MacKay on the proposed merger between his party and the Canadian Alliance.
