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- ↑ "Bennett steps down as Liberal leader". CBC News. May 8, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Heartbreak for Liberals as Grit vote collapses". CBC News, October 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Reid resigns leadership, vows Grit rebuilding". CBC News, November 13, 2007.
- ↑ "Jones takes on interim Liberal leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. November 15, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2014.