New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair and his wife Catherine Pinhas greet supporters as they arrive for the French language leaders' debate in Montreal, Quebec October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, trying to regain lost ground ahead of the Oct. 19 election, lashed out at his rivals on Friday while defending his unpopular opposition to a ban on Muslim full face coverings in citizenship ceremonies.
Opinion polls show the New Democrats of Thomas Mulcair - which started the campaign strongly - could come in third nationally and shed one-third of its seats in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, his main stronghold.
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