Convention supply-management tumult ‘opened the floodgates’ for Bernier supporters, says organizer

One anti-supply management proponent who attended the Conservative convention says he's received interest in a Bernier party from almost two-dozen current and former MPs.

Clockwise from left: MP Maxime Bernier, pictured in 2016, says he's working on Elections Canada documents to launch a new party, meanwhile anti-supply management proponent Clint Desveaux is organizing for Mr. Bernier, and Conservative convention delegate Nathan Weber has left the party and was asked to join Mr. Bernier's camp.The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM

August 29, 2018

A Conservative Party member and proponent of ending Canada’s supply management system said he's received plenty of interest from current and former MPs and businesspeople in support of maverick MP

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