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Canada election 2015: Where the leaders are Friday

The main party leaders go their separate ways today, trying to build on any momentum they attained in the French-language debate Thursday night in Montreal.
The main federal party leaders, from left, Gilles Duceppe, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau. (Reuters/Canadian Press)

The main party leaders go their separate ways today, trying to build on any momentum they attained in the French-language debate Thursday night in Montreal.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has a busy day ahead as he seeks to shore up what polls suggest could be flagging support in Quebec. He begins the day in Sainte-Catherine-de-Jacques-Cartier in a riding the New Democrats stole from an Independent in 2011.

Mulcair will also visit the mayor of Quebec City before holding a rally in another riding the NDP took in 2011 from the Bloc but has also been swung between the Conservatives and Liberals in recent decades.

Stephen Harper will remain in Quebec today to target a riding the Conservatives lost in 2011 by a mere nine votes after a recount.

The Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup seat was one of several that went NDP as the orange wave swept the province in the last election.

New Democrat Francois LaPointe took the riding from Conservative Bernard Genereux, who had won it less than two years prior in a byelection. Both of them are vying for the seat again.

Before that the riding had been held by the Bloc Quebecois, so it will be a closely watched race.

The Conservatives were knocked down in 2011 to just five seats in Quebec, but polls suggest Tory momentum could be building there, so Harper will be looking to capitalize on his debate performance to secure Quebec votes.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau holds a morning news conference in Brampton, Ont., while Green Leader Elizabeth May meets with the media in Montreal.

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Here are details of the leaders' itineraries. All times are local:

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper

Riviere-du-Loup, Que.: Speech at Premier Tech. 1:45 p.m., 1 Premier Ave.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair

Sainte-Catherine-de-Jacques-Cartier, Que.: Announcement at Ecole de foresterie et de technologies du bois de Duchesnay. 9:15 a.m., 147 de Duchesnay Rd.

Quebec City: Speech at FairmontThe Queen Elizabeth, Room 200. 12:30 p.m., 900 Ren LvesqueBlvd. E.

Quebec City: Photo opportunity at city hall. 2:30 p.m., 2 Des Jardins St.

Quebec City: Rally at Le Concorde Hotel. 7 p.m., 1225 Cours du General de Montcalm.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau

Brampton, Ont.: Announcement at GG Fabrication Inc. 9 a.m., 130 Advance Blvd.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May

Montreal: Media availability at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Beaver Club Room. 10 a.m., 900 Ren Lvesque Blvd. E.

Bloc Qubcois leader Gilles Duceppe

Trois-Rivieres, Que.: Speech at MuseeBorealis. 9:05 a.m.,200 Ave. des Draveurs.

Quebec City: Photo opportunity with mayor at city hall at11 a.m., followed by news conference with mayor at 11:45 a.m., 2 Des Jardins St.

Quebec City: Speech at Centre de Congres. 12:45 p.m.

Levis, Que.: Speech. 5:55 p.m., 450 Chutes-de-la-Chaudieres St.

View a map of the leaders' movements so far, including in the months leading up to the campaign.

With files from CBC News