Lee Harding

Bernier Barred from the Ball

Canada’s establishment doesn’t want Maxime Bernier to represent his People’s Party in national debates. The Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP) has imposed the will of mainstream political parties and media on the electorate. Instead of fostering debate, the CDPP is undermining it. How did this happen? Last November, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould said Bernier could join the debates on one condition. His new party needed candidates in 90 percent of ridings. She probably thought the PPC had no chance. It was like Cinderella being told by her wicked stepsister that she was quite free to attend the ball…IF she had an appropriate dress to wear.