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Stephen Harper announced Wednesday that the Conservatives would re-establish a military college in Quebec as a full degree-granting institution.

Harper is in Montreal but made the announcement through a statement as he has no public events ahead of the French-language leaders’ debate Thursday.

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College Militaire Royal de St-Jean first opened in 1952 and was shuttered under the Liberal government in 1995. It reopened in 2008.

The Conservative leader says if his government is re-elected it will restore it as a full-fledged university able to grant degrees. The move would cost about $4 million each year.

The Conservatives say it would help recruit Quebec-based cadets and improve bilingualism in the Armed Forces.