Support for Bernier’s People’s Party simmering in central Alberta: Organizer
A local man says there is support in central Alberta for Maxime Bernier’s new People’s Party of Canada (PPC).
Tyler Henderson was one of a dozen people who spoke with Bernier during a conference call Saturday night as the former Conservative MP and leadership candidate tries to rally cross-country support for his new party.
Henderson, a former volunteer with the Red Deer-South Wildrose campaign and during the merger with the provincial PC party, has been asked by Bernier’s campaign manager to help form 34 riding associations for the PPC across Alberta.
“He (Bernier) was asked about what he thinks of oil and gas Albertans and what he thinks of pipelines,” Henderson says of the conference call. “He did respond that he is pro-pipeline and that he wants to leave Alberta alone, is actually what he said. He wants to give more jurisdiction to the provinces.”