Maxime Bernier stopped in Calgary on Sept. 26 on his Western Canadian campaign tour, bringing with him a promise to build pipelines, reform equalization and stand up for Alberta. “We are a smart populist new political party,” said Bernier during the event. “We have smart policies and serious policies for the future of our country.” Met with protestors in Vancouver the night before, there were no demonstrations to be had outside downtown’s Metropolitan Conference Centre. There was, however, a s

At a Calgary campaign stop on Sept. 26, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier pitched a balanced budget to a packed house, all while taking aim at the Conservative Party of Canada and their leader, Andrew Scheer. Bernier has long insisted that he is the real conservative, not Scheer. “I cannot understand why you would vote for Andrew Scheer, who won’t balance the budget in four years,” said Bernier. “He’s running to be the Prime Minister of Canada and usually, a mandate for a prime mi

A Calgary candidate rolled out a veterans policy at the first-ever People’s Party of Canada convention in Gatineau, Quebec in late August. Canadian Airborne veteran and candidate for Calgary Nose Hill Kelly Lorencz announced the policy alongside party leader Maxime Bernier. The policy, entitled “Veterans: Standing behind the men and women who sacrificed for our country” promises to reinstate the fair disability pension as previously provided for by the Pension Act and apply the pension retroac

Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has been left off the initial list of federal debate participants. His exclusion by the new Leaders’ Debates Commission is an abhorrent misstep that undermines the mandate of the Commission. Two of three criteria must be met for inclusion in the debates. First, the party is represented in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament who was elected as a member of that party. Second is that the party intends to run candidates in at least