The leader of the Coalition for the Future of Quebec has dismissed a candidate, saying comments  on his Twitter feed were unacceptable and did not reflect CAQ values.

Francois Legault has fired Chomedy candidate Kamal Lutfi after Lutfi called separatist opponents "racists" during a Twitter debate.

Legault says such generalizations are not acceptable and he wants a calm discussion of the issues in the election campaign which is expected to be called by the end of the month.