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Sept-Iles, Que. — NDP Leader Jack Layton, seeking an electoral beachhead in the province of his birth, promised Friday he'd repeal the federal Clarity Act and recognize a declaration of Quebec independence if sovereigntists win a referendum.
Tossing those promises to Quebec nationalists in an effort to boost his party's standing in the province, Mr. Layton said the federal law on Quebec secession has done nothing for national unity.
"I believe it has not been helpful," he told a few supporters in this community on the north shore of the St. Lawrence.
"All of this accentuates division in our country. I think it's time to move beyond that."
Tossing those promises to Quebec nationalists in an effort to boost his party's standing in the province, Mr. Layton said the federal law on Quebec secession has done nothing for national unity.
"I believe it has not been helpful," he told a few supporters in this community on the north shore of the St. Lawrence.
"All of this accentuates division in our country. I think it's time to move beyond that."

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