TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. – After Canadians go to the polls in the next federal election they can expect more of the same – a minority government says Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is about to call a snap election.

"My expectation would be that we will have another minority. I think that's a reality of the current political climate," Harper reported during a two-day tour of the north.

Harper said that the possibility of anyone getting a majority, "in the current political alignment" is highly unlikely.

The prime minister said even so a minority would give a new government a fresh mandate to proceed with their political agenda.