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QUEBEC — The final Parti Québécois leadership debate turned into anglo night at the races Monday at Quebec City’s Musée de la civilisation, with everything from funding for English universities to higher graduation rates in the English-speaking community tossed into the mix.

But with 73,000 members about to start voting, the candidates played it safe, largely sticking to their standard scripts in a debate sponsored by Le Devoir, on the themes of education and culture.

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If there was disagreement, it was more a question of degree, such as the right level of immigration for Quebec or whether public-sector workers should be forced to keep their faces uncovered when rendering services.

They all agreed, for example, that the PQ should be able to debate the immigration issue without being accused of xenophobia.

But questions affecting the English-speaking community got an unusual level of attention.