Canada's frontrunners slam Quebec sovereignty comment on final day of election campaign


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  • Monday, 21 Oct 2019

FILE PHOTO: The Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer campaigns for the upcoming election in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The two frontrunners in Canada's election campaign attacked the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Yves-Francois Blanchet, on Sunday, the final day before the vote, for again raising the prospect of a sovereign Quebec.

The Bloc, which fields candidates only in the French-speaking province, has surged during the six-week official campaign, partly thanks to Blanchet's convincing performance in the debates, where he promised to stick up for Quebec.

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