French debate puts Bloc in kingmaker territory

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was picked most often as the debate winner in poll of Canadians, but Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet's second-place ranking could be more meaningful.
More than four in 10 of those surveyed by Innovative Research across Canada said they had heard about TVA's French language leaders debate, and more of them said that Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exceeded expectations than said they did not.
VANCOUVER—Despite the dramatic events of this campaign, there has been relatively little movement in the key battlegrounds. The Conservatives will likely win more rural Atlantic and suburban Vancouver and Toronto seats, but those wins are not enough to pull ahead of the Liberals. In addition to h...

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