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Harper scorches earth of federalist competition in Quebec

It may be that if the Prime Minister had seen action first-hand on the unity front, he would be more wary of salting the federalist earth in Quebec for his own electoral purposes.

MONTREAL—It is unprecedented for a sitting Canadian Prime Minister to approve—as Stephen Harper did this past week—French-language attack ads that depict a fellow federalist leader as hostile to Quebec.

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