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Justin Trudeau Got In A Fiery Spat With Yves-François Blanchet At The French Debate

The gloves were off!

Justin Trudeau Got In A Fiery Spat With Yves-François Blanchet At The French Debate
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Western Canada Editor

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was involved in a spicy argument with the Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet during the second French leaders' election debate.

As first reported by MTL Blog, after a mostly civil debate, the most dramatic moment of the night came when the Bloc leader asked Trudeau why "he tells the Quebec nation what to do and what to think?"

Trudeau initially responded with a smile and a chuckle but then launched into his fiery response.

"Because I am Québécois!" he responded.

Trudeau said Blanchet doesn't have "unanimity on Quebec," adding: "You constantly forget that I'm proudly Québécois! That I've always been Québécois! That I will always be Québécois!"

If you missed the debate, 11-year-old Charles Leduc from Saint-Clet, Quebec, stole the show when he asked the leaders about climate change in Canada.

The English speaking leaders' debate will take place on September 9 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

It will feature Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet.

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  • Daniel Milligan
    Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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