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The Bloc Québécois remains a “pertinent,” political force in Ottawa, Pierre Karl Péladeau said Tuesday, flip-flopping on a statement he made only a few days earlier.

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Under the heat of media questions and with three of his potential Parti Québécois leadership candidates soaring to the Bloc’s rescue, Péladeau retracted and corrected himself.

“I was asking a question,” Péladeau told reporters, noting it’s normal to review the Bloc’s role since it has been around for 25 years. Former Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard said it himself, he noted.

“We have the right to ask ourselves questions. Because the question is determining whether we combat federalism or work with federalism. So sovereignist forces should come together to combat it,” said Péladeau, who is expected to announce his candidacy soon for the PQ leadership.

But asked about a comment he made Friday to the effect the Bloc was no longer relevant, Péladeau switched gears.