— Maxime Bernier vowed his People’s Party of Canada would come back “stronger than ever,” even as he conceded defeat in his own Quebec riding of Beauce Monday night after his new party failed to win a single seat. Bernier won the Beauce riding for the Tories in the 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015 elections before breaking with the party and launching his own right-wing party in September 2018. Speaking at an election party in Beauceville, Bernier said his nascent political party was anything but dead. As leader, Bernier campaigned against what he calls “extreme multiculturalism,” promising to cut immigration levels and ensure new arrivals respond to Canada’s economic needs. Gilles Bernier, who represented Beauce for the Progressive Conservatives from 1984 to 1993 and then as an Independent until 1997, continues to be a presence in the riding, Lehoux said.

Source: National Post October 22, 2019 02:44 UTC