Action4Canada - August 24, 2021


Maxime Bernier


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

161.40631

Word Count

404

Sentence Count

32


Summary

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Maxime Bernier is the candidate for Prime Minister of the Conservative Party of Canada in the upcoming federal election. In this interview, Maxime talks about why he decided to vote for Andrew Scheer and why he thinks he can win the election.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 So the big arguments that we had against us at the national election was, oh, Maxime, I like your platform, but I want to get rid of Justin Trudeau.
00:00:12.180 And, you know, I will vote conservative.
00:00:15.040 I will vote for Andrew Scheer because I don't want to split the vote.
00:00:19.080 That argument about splitting the vote was very efficient against us.
00:00:24.040 So this time I was in B.C. I was in Alberta and Saskatchewan and people came to me and some of them said, Maxime, I'm sorry.
00:00:33.620 I said, why? Because I didn't vote for you last time. I didn't want to split the vote.
00:00:38.200 I voted for O'Toole. But this time I will vote for you.
00:00:42.020 And I'm asking a question, why? Because O'Toole and they're saying that O'Toole won't win.
00:00:47.860 I don't want to waste my vote. I will vote for what I believe.
00:00:52.140 And you're the only conservative party in Canada right now.
00:00:55.800 And I appreciate that answer because it was very important in 2019 to get rid of Justin Trudeau for these people.
00:01:04.040 But now they understand that maybe Justin Trudeau will win again and maybe Justin Trudeau will be in government for four years.
00:01:11.720 And they're OK with that. They understand the situation.
00:01:16.960 And now they need a voice, a new voice in Ottawa.
00:01:20.580 And they're ready to support us, knowing that I won't be prime minister after the next election.
00:01:26.040 So that's a big shift and in our favor.
00:01:29.500 And that's why I think we'll have more support.
00:01:32.080 We'll have some candidates that will be elected and we'll have a voice.
00:01:35.880 And that voice will be important.
00:01:37.460 And the mainstream media at that time will cover us and we will force the other political parties, establishment parties in Ottawa, to have the debate that they don't want to have.
00:01:48.720 To have the debate on cancel culture, on socialism, on abortion.
00:01:56.320 If we table a bill on abortion, on any issues that are important, on the equalization formula at West that is unfair for every province, we need to have a debate.
00:02:10.720 And we'll bring this debate and that will be important.
00:02:13.960 So that's why I think I'm realistic.
00:02:17.420 But at the same time, I'm pretty optimistic that we can do something and we can change the society.
00:02:23.460 I hope I'll be in government a day, but step by step, we'll be able to gain back our country.