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MONTREAL 鈥� Tom Mulcair will arrive at the first French-language debate with something no NDP leader has ever had in the important Quebec-anchored contest: the biggest target on his back.

OTTAWA 鈥� The leaders鈥� debate might be in French, but Elizabeth May clearly sees tonight鈥檚 exchange in Montreal as a chance to reach a broad sweep of Canadians with the Green message.

MONTREAL 鈥� When Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe appears in the leaders鈥� TV debate tonight, expect him to spend much of his time attacking one rival: the NDP鈥檚 Tom Mulcair.

MONTREAL 鈥� Twice now during the federal election campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau brought photographers and television cameras with him to a boxing ring before a leaders debate.

MONTREAL 鈥� On the eve of the first French-language leaders鈥� debate of the federal election, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau visited his old trainer who helped him punch his way to victory against Sen. Patrick Brazeau in 2012.

OTTAWA 鈥� Whether or not women should have to uncover their faces when taking the oath of citizenship has become a wedge issue in the federal election.

OTTAWA 鈥� 鈥淪mall business is the backbone of the middle class and the backbone of the Canadian economy. That鈥檚 why among our investments, cutting taxes for small businesses has been a key.鈥� 鈥� Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.

OTTAWA 鈥� 鈥淗e鈥檚 not giving shipbuilding anything; he鈥檚 merely talking about cratering our aerospace industry, which is, as I say, bad policy.... I don鈥檛 understand where they鈥檙e going with this.

MONTREAL 鈥� Though he has 鈥渆very bit of confidence鈥� the Liberals will win on Oct. 19, Justin Trudeau says there is absolutely no way, no how, his party would support a Stephen Harper-led Conservative minority government.

MONCTON, N.B. 鈥� The NDP would freeze employment insurance premiums for the next four years and boost benefits, Tom Mulcair announced Tuesday as part of a plan his critics warned would kill jobs and hurt young people looking for work.