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CANADA FEDERAL ELECTION LEADER'S DEBATE

Gilles Duceppe leader of the Bloc Quebecois (BQ) arrives for the live federal election leader's debate at the Center for the Performing Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia, December 15, 2005. (UPI Photo/Heinz Ruckemann)

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