Bernier denies Oxford candidate disqualified for being gay, calls allegation ‘unfounded’

Jordan Kent, an autoworker from Drumbo, Ont., said he was green-lit to run as a nominee for Oxford County in Ontario on April 10, but a month later was informed that he could no longer compete for the nomination.

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier says that his party has 'several candidates, EDA [electoral district association] execs and staff who are gay.' The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Jesse Cnockaert

May 9, 2019

People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier on Thursday denied a would-be candidate’s claim that he was disqualified from seeking the party’s nomination because he’s gay. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Mr. Bernier (Beauce,...

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