Leaders' debate: Parties argue over economy, security, niqabs and marijuana

The issue of the niqab in Canadian citizenship ceremonies roared to life again in Friday’s leadership debate with Tom Mulcair trying to fight his way out of a political corner by accusing the prime minister of using the issue for political reasons.

The debate also featured a ferocious battle about values with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau demanding Stephen Harper state once and for all whether he is pro-choice. Harper retaliated by accusing him of setting a bad example to youth because the Liberals want to legalize marijuana.

In a passionate final debate, in French, before the Oct. 19 election, NDP Leader Mulcair, Harper, Trudeau and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe traded some of their nastiest barbs of the campaign over issues which had nothing to do with the economy.

It was TVA host Pierre Bruneau who opened the hot values issue when he asked Harper whether he agreed with one of his party’s candidates,...

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