Tim Duboyce

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe has decided to launch the final sprint of his election campaign with a swing through Toronto.

Duceppe has accepted an invitation from the Toronto Economic Club to deliver a speech on Oct. 3, the day after the English-language leaders' debate.

His talk is entitled "Elections 2008: Dangerous Times Ahead."

Duceppe says he thinks it is important to give English Canada a better look at the Bloc and its ideas.

"And, to explain why we think that it would not be a good thing if the Tories be a majority in the House," Duceppe told reporters.

Duceppe has said the Bloc does not entertain the possibility of running candidates outside Quebec. Nevertheless, he disputed the notion that spending an entire day in the final stage of the election campaign in Ontario's capital is a waste of his time.

"I'll tell you something: people in Quebec will listen to what I have to say in Toronto. I'm pretty sure of that," he said.