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NDP leadership hopeful Guy Caron will receive the endorsement of well-known Quebec MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau on Tuesday.

“I support Guy Caron because he understands the realities of rural Quebec. He has done the work and he is ready to lead. I believe he is the candidate who is best positioned to unite our forces everywhere around the country,” said Brosseau, NDP MP for Berthier-Maskinongé, in an announcement provided to the National Post.

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Caron and Brosseau are both rural Quebec MPs. Caron is the only one of the five NDP leadership candidates from Quebec, and is positioning himself as the only candidate who can beat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in that province.

“I am extremely honoured that Ruth Ellen Brosseau supports my candidacy,” said Caron in the announcement. “She is one the most popular figures in our party and a fierce defender of farmers. Her endorsement is yet another demonstration of my capacity to unite progressives in Quebec with like-minded people across the country.”