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MONTREAL — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh tried to have it both ways Sunday night during an appearance on one of Quebec’s most popular television talk shows, telling the audience he shared Quebecers’ values despite his deep — and conspicuous — religious convictions.

Singh was a guest on the first episode of the 16th season of “Tout le monde en parle” (Everybody is talking about it). The show often breaks the one-million viewer mark — meaning more than 10 per cent of Quebec’s total population could be tuning in on any given Sunday.

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And it has become an important campaign stop for politicians looking to win the hearts of Quebec’s francophone majority.

Singh talked about taxing the “super-rich” and expanding Canadians’ medical coverage. The NDP leader also got personal, discussing the sexual abuse he suffered as a child as well as his alcoholic and abusive father.

But he couldn’t escape questions about race and religion that have so far dominated the election campaign.