` ==And this relates HOW, exactly?== This page is supposed to e about Harper, not about his government's intentions.  So what is this doing in the opening paragraphs? :...winning 143 of 308 Commons seats, a strengthened minority government.[1] Harper stated on October 15 that he would summon Parliament later in 2008, would soon convene a meeting of Canadian First Ministers, and that his Finance Minister Jim Flaherty would present a mini-budget in November, 2008, to deal with the turbulent economic conditions. My primary reservations here are the discussion of the upcoming budget and what  he'd asked Jim Flahrty to do; this is all de rigeur in the case of any newly (re-)elected government, a non sequitur that sounds too much like a press release. i.e. pro-government hype/p.r.  I don't think it's at all relevant in a lead/opening bio of Harper — it's politics, and something that hasn't happened yet.  This should not be a platform for Harper's agenda.....also as any political pundit (who's not a spin doctor or party hack) will tell you there's not very much difference between a ``minority government`` and a ``strengthened minority government``.  As one wag puts it, it's like ``pregnant`` vs ``almost pregnant``.  either you are or you aren't.  A minority is a minority, and implicitly is not ``strengthenable``, and can only really be strengthened by a formal coalition with another party.  The reality is that Harper set out to get a majority and failed - that should be clearly stated here, rather than underscoring the government's p.r. that this is a ``strengthened mandate``.  It's not; and the mandate actually dropped in raw numerical terms; a ``strengthened mandate`` could be talked about if there had been an increase in the popular vote figures, and'' an increase in the percentage of the vote; a 1.4% increase may have yielded an (undeserved) block of new seats, but it'se a reflection of voter disinterest - and the failings of the first-past-the-post plurality system, much more than it is anything toe do with the government ``strengthening`` its support.  No doubt there's other soft-soapings throughout this article; I only happened to notice these because they're out-of-place in the intro (and misleading).  `