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Despite a professional comedian’s wisecracks that drew both guffaws and groans this afternoon (Sunday) at the Napanee Lions Club hall there was no doubt who the real star of the show was.
Maxime Bernier, the leader of the fledgling People’s Party of Canada, had the near capacity crowd of 200 cheering several times during a passionate stump speech that hammered home the party’s platform plank by plank.
“We now have 41,000 members, said the former Conservative Party cabinet minister. “We are growing faster than the Green Party did and they’ve been around for 10 years! People come to us because we put Canada first and we have common sense policies that Canadians can relate to. People are sick and tired of traditional politics and politicians. They have no respect for them!”
Depending on the poll the PPC currently has 3 to 4% voter support (Jack: Be wary of polls). Presently the Conservatives and Liberals are virtually tied at just over 33% support each.
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See Also:
(1) ‘I don’t believe in mass immigration’: Maxime Bernier at PPC rally in Napanee, Ont.
(2) Bernier struggles to be heard in Quebec
(3) Exclusive MTL Blog Interview: Is Maxime Bernier Canada’s Donald Trump?
(4) Maxime Bernier to stump in Surrey
