The proverbial 10-foot pole has become a popular approach for Quebec politicians in dealing with the leader of France's far-right party, who arrived in Montreal on Friday.
Marine Le Pen may be among France's most popular politicians — polls suggest she has enough support to make the run-off stage in the country's next presidential election — but she has yet to secure a meeting with a mainstream political figure in Canada.
That hasn't stopped her from wading into federal and provincial politics, sending politicians scurrying for cover.
