The value of Bernier’s dissent

So perhaps Maxime Bernier can use his position as leader of the People’s Party to inspire Canadians or to popularize his libertarian philosophy. And that’s nothing to be sneezed at.

People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier really has nothing to lose, he’s free to challenge conventional wisdom and to bring forward 'radical' ideas the other traditional parties won’t touch, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

November 19, 2018

OAKVILLE, ONT.—It’s really easy to cast Maxime Bernier as a political joke, as the leader of a little party that couldn’t. After all, Bernier voluntarily cut himself adrift from the Conservative Party to head up the People’s Party, dooming himself to languish in Parliament’s backbench wil...

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