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Advance Poll: Turban Sanchez and Climate Activism

advance poll: His French is also weaker than the two previous party leaders, complicating the job of appealing to Quebec voters, according to CTV. Even in multicultural Outremont, located in the geographic centre of the island of Montreal with one of the largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in North America, Singh's religious clothing is on some voters' minds. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is Sikh and wears a turban, making him conspicuously religious in front of a heavily secular province. Some people are concerned about the turban Sanchez said during a recent interview following a candidate debate in the riding. Kathryn Furlong, 43, who attended the debate, said she voted for Sanchez, an economist with experience in humanitarian work and climate activism, at an advance poll. She said when she knocks on doors, It's definitely not the main thing people bring up .... It does come up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.