Bernier seizes political opportunity in Freedom Convoy protest

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People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, left, poses for a photo with Ontario MPP Randy Hillier after a press conference in West Block last April, protesting provincial and federal restrictions in the fight against COVID-19. Bernier is unvaccinated and has gotten COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

February 21, 2022

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t meet with the organizers of the truckers’ protesters around Parliament Hill, who were removed by police force over the weekend, People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier said he was prepared to play a mediating role to resolve their dispute with t...

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