Controversial question in English debate may have galvanized Bloc voters
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At a bowling alley in Montreal's east end on a weekday afternoon, Réal Desrochers is playing in his weekly league and also considering his choices in next week's federal election.
Desrochers had been planning to vote Liberal, but a key moment in last Thursday's English-language leaders' debate galvanized identity sentiments in Quebec and spurred him to change his mind and choose the Bloc Québécois led by Yves-François Blanchet.
"For me, it's because the Bloc will balance the situation in Ottawa," Desrochers said. "I know he won't form a government, but he will defend Quebec [in Parliament]."
Desrochers called the moment "a direct attack on Quebec, and I don't like it."
Last Thursday, at the beginning of the English leaders' debate, moderator Shachi Kurl asked Blanchet why he supported bills 21 and 96 — respectively, Quebec's secularism law and its proposed new law to protect the French language.
"You denied that Quebec has problems with racism yet you defend legislation such as bills 96 and 21, which marginalize religious minorities, anglophones and allophones," asked Kurl.
"Quebec is recognized as a distinct society, but for those outside the province, please help them understand why your party also supports these discriminatory laws."
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