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Jean-Franois Lise won't apologize for comments that sparked threats against Alexandre Cloutier

Parti Qubcois leadership candidate Jean-Franois Lise is offering no apologies for the hostile tone of the race, despite directly contributing to it.

PQ leadership hopeful linked rival to controversial Muslim leader Adil Charkaoui in social media posts

Jean-Franois Lise said he won't apologize for comments he made linking his main rival for the Parti Qubcois leadership, Alexandre Cloutier, to a controversial Muslim leader. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)

Jean-Franois Lise is offering no apologies for the hostile tone of the PartiQubcoisleadershiprace, despite directly contributing to it.

On Friday, Lise cited a Facebook post from the Collectif qubcois contre l'islamophobie, an anti-Islamophobia group headed by controversial Muslim leaderAdil Charkaoui, as proof that Cloutier had Charkaoui's support.

Cloutier says that comment triggered a barrage of hateful messagesand called for an apology. His campaign is now beingmonitoredby police.

Speaking after a debate in SaguenayonSunday, Lise said the race's"decibel level" was too high, but didn't apologize.

"I am not asking for apologies and I am not offering any. I am turning the page," he said.

Cloutier said he would've preferred an apology, although he said he was ready to let the matter go.But he later said he was still in shock over Lise's attacks.

Cloutier has said being linked to Charkaoui was "the harshest and most ill-founded attack" he's experienced in his 10-year political career.

Sylvain Gaudreault, the party's interim leader,issued a call for calm Friday ahead of the new National Assembly session, which begins Tuesday.