Canada PM calls Oct 19 election, focus on sluggish economy

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday called a parliamentary election for Oct 19, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign likely to focus on a stubbornly sluggish economy and his decade in power. Polls indicate that Harper's right-of-center Conservative Party, which has been in office since 2006, could well lose its majority in the House of Commons. Opposition parties say Harper has mishandled the economy and should boost government spending,