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Canada party leaders grilled in election debate on how to tackle Trump

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French -language debate gives leaders chance to woo voters in the seat-rich province of Quebec .

It was a big test for Liberal leader Mark Carney , whose French is the weakest among the federal leaders.

There is a second debate in English on Thursday , before Canadians vote on 28 April .

Green Party disqualified for failing to meet criteria by not endorsing candidates in at least 90% of Canada 's federal ridings.

The party also failed to meet the threshold of at least 4% in national support.

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault called the commission's decision "baseless" and "undemocratic".