Bloc threatening breakthrough in Outaouais on federalists’ home turf

Bloc's Gatineau candidate Richard Nadeau says he's getting a 'warm' welcome. Grit incumbent Françoise Boivin won the riding by 830 votes in 2004.

Born and raised on the Quebec side of Canada's national capital region, Mélanie Lapointe refuses to label herself as a Péquiste or Bloquiste, but she's clear about which side she would choose in a referendum.

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