Juno News - Has Maxime Bernier been to WEF？

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00:00:13.180 Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Andrew Lawton Show here on True North,

00:00:19.040 Canada's Most Irreverent Talk Show.

00:00:21.000 It is Thursday, June 8th, and we were not going to do a show today,

00:00:25.340 but there was a bit of a kerfuffle on Twitter yesterday,

00:00:28.460 and I thought that the best way to do this is not to rely on having a discussion 280 characters at a time,

00:00:35.260 but actually go face-to-face and delve into this.

00:00:38.940 And at issue is the by-election in Portage-Lisker, Manitoba,

00:00:42.980 which we've interviewed the two leading candidates for,

00:00:45.980 the Conservative Brandon Leslie and the PPC, Maxime Bernier,

00:00:50.300 who's also the leader of the People's Party of Canada.

00:00:53.420 And yesterday there was a bit of a back-and-forth between these two men on Twitter,

00:00:58.460 about the World Economic Forum.

00:01:00.820 Now this is an issue I know well, I've covered it,

00:01:03.320 I've been to Davos to report on the WEF and its annual meeting twice,

00:01:08.060 once in, well this year actually, and as well last year.

00:01:13.480 And what came up here is that Brandon Leslie had tweeted out this graphic

00:01:18.780 in which he vowed to never attend the WEF,

00:01:22.160 and then he fires a little shot across the bow at Maxime Bernier,

00:01:25.880 and says,

00:01:26.320 Unlike Maxime Bernier, I will never attend the World Economic Forum.

00:01:31.160 Maxime responded saying that he is a liar.

00:01:34.240 He was sent to Davos by Stephen Harper,

00:01:36.920 as Canada's foreign affairs minister,

00:01:39.120 to meet with other ministers there and to discuss the Afghan situation.

00:01:42.800 Now this seemed a little bit odd to me,

00:01:45.980 so I chimed in and I pointed to a list of confirmed attendees

00:01:49.660 that the World Economic Forum published in 2008,

00:01:53.380 which had Maxime Bernier alongside other conservative cabinet ministers

00:01:57.200 as confirmed WEF guests.

00:02:00.860 And this is where things get more complicated,

00:02:03.480 because Maxime responded to me and said

00:02:06.440 he literally did not attend the WEF conference,

00:02:09.640 he was on the site of the conference,

00:02:12.140 because that's where all the ministers of allied countries were gathered.

00:02:15.940 I've always prided myself on being able to have conversations

00:02:19.300 about any subject with any people,

00:02:21.340 and I also think that Maxime Bernier has always been welcome on this show.

00:02:25.940 So we figured instead of doing this on Twitter,

00:02:27.900 we'd bring him back and get a little bit of a campaign update there as well.

00:02:31.800 Maxime, it's good to talk to you.

00:02:32.900 Thanks for coming on.

00:02:33.900 Thank you, Andrew, and thank you for giving me that opportunity.

00:02:36.620 And, you know, as you may know now,

00:02:40.200 each time the fake conservatives are attacking me,

00:02:43.660 they're attacking me on things and things that I said

00:02:47.800 and I did 15 years ago when I was a conservative.

00:02:52.060 In fact, they are attacking their own party.

00:02:55.120 They don't want to attack our platform

00:02:57.040 because they know that we have the best platform,

00:02:59.460 and they know that if they attack our platform,

00:03:02.000 they will attack their base.

00:03:03.320 So let's speak about the WEF,

00:03:06.580 and if you have any questions, I'll be pleased to answer them.

00:03:11.300 Yes, and I will just preface this by saying

00:03:14.020 I do not believe you are beholden to WEF.

00:03:17.220 I don't believe you are loyal to WEF in any way,

00:03:20.440 and that was not the basis of my criticism.

00:03:23.740 My criticism was based on the fact that you say you've never attended,

00:03:27.600 but it looks like you did.

00:03:29.320 And to be honest, what seems like the disagreement is here

00:03:32.860 is a disagreement over what the word attended means.

00:03:36.240 And I know there are going to be some very specific

00:03:38.320 and technical questions that come up here,

00:03:40.440 but let me just ask you in your own words.

00:03:42.540 When you say you never attended, what is it you mean?

00:03:45.420 Yeah.

00:03:46.100 Actually, what I mean, I was in Davos, like you said,

00:03:49.440 and, you know, at that time in 2008,

00:03:51.320 I was Foreign Affairs Minister and in that time Foreign Affairs Minister,

00:03:57.620 and at that time I was working with my Prime Minister, Stephen Harper,

00:04:02.740 and Mr. Harper asked me to find more support for our Canadian troops in Afghanistan

00:04:08.240 because in 2008, as you remember, we were in war in Afghanistan.

00:04:13.320 So I look at the agenda,

00:04:15.080 and my goal was to meet Foreign Affairs Minister,

00:04:17.980 and I knew that they will all be at the conference in 2008

00:04:22.340 at the World Economic Conference in Davos.

00:04:24.840 So I decided to go and to have a meeting with them.

00:04:28.440 So to be there and to be able to have meetings

00:04:31.420 with other Foreign Affairs Minister

00:04:33.580 who are registered to assist to the World Economic Forum,

00:04:39.120 you need yourself to register to that conference.

00:04:42.860 So that's why you can see that there's a press release

00:04:47.060 coming from my department when I was a Foreign Affairs Minister

00:04:52.660 saying that Maxime will be at the conference.

00:04:56.380 Yes, because if I didn't register,

00:04:59.160 I would have been unable to meet all these Foreign Affairs Ministers

00:05:03.320 that were participants in that conference.

00:05:06.960 So I was in Davos, I was registered to be at that conference,

00:05:10.780 and I had a lot of meetings, two-day meetings,

00:05:15.080 with Foreign Affairs Ministers,

00:05:16.720 and that was a successful trip

00:05:19.120 because I was able to have more support coming from France,

00:05:22.900 coming from the UK, coming from the Netherlands,

00:05:26.060 and all other countries to help our Canadian forces

00:05:29.480 to help them in Kandar in Afghanistan

00:05:32.980 with more equipment and more support.

00:05:35.660 So that's why the Department of Foreign Affairs

00:05:39.040 issued a press release in 2008

00:05:41.660 saying that Bernier will be at the World Economic Forum

00:05:45.560 because I needed to be registered

00:05:47.780 to be able to speak with other Foreign Affairs Ministers

00:05:50.780 that were registered at that conference.

00:05:54.680 So I did not...

00:05:55.820 So, but to interject there, how is that not attending?

00:05:58.920 Yeah, I was at that conference to have these meetings,

00:06:03.020 but I did not assist at any meetings

00:06:06.540 with the World Economic Forum.

00:06:08.740 I was too busy to do my own meeting.

00:06:11.500 So that's what happened.

00:06:12.940 That's the fact.

00:06:14.140 And, you know, I'm very transparent,

00:06:16.380 very honest with Canadians.

00:06:18.520 And, you know, that organization,

00:06:20.520 as you said in the beginning,

00:06:21.900 it's a globalist organization.

00:06:23.440 I'm not a globalist,

00:06:24.780 but it's a little bit bizarre

00:06:26.560 that the conservative party

00:06:28.200 are using that to attacking me

00:06:30.060 and saying that I'm a globalist

00:06:31.560 when, you know,

00:06:33.120 they voted for the Paris Accord in 2017.

00:06:36.680 Every conservative, including Pierre Poliev,

00:06:40.140 they are in line with the global compact on migration.

00:06:43.560 And so they are the globalist political party,

00:06:46.280 and I'm not, and the PPC is not.

00:06:50.140 So I want to talk about that aspect in just a moment,

00:06:54.040 but I do want to finish clearing up this WEF thing

00:06:56.880 because one of the things that I've learned

00:06:58.880 going to Davos to report on the World Economic Forum

00:07:01.960 is that there are really two events

00:07:03.580 taking place at the same time.

00:07:05.560 There's the public event

00:07:06.700 in which they have a program that's published

00:07:09.120 and the sessions are filmed

00:07:10.580 and anyone around the world can see.

00:07:12.840 And then there's also this second track,

00:07:15.140 which is the meetings taking place

00:07:16.860 that we don't know about.

00:07:18.080 In fact, when you walk into the Davos Congress Center

00:07:21.160 where the events are usually held,

00:07:23.100 there are all these rooms

00:07:24.020 that are called multilateral rooms.

00:07:25.700 And you look at it and you say,

00:07:26.820 well, that's weird.

00:07:27.440 You know, you're not a government.

00:07:28.440 You're not the United Nations.

00:07:29.540 Why are you having that?

00:07:30.580 But I would say if you're going

00:07:32.320 and engaging in meetings in that space,

00:07:35.660 is that not the very essence

00:07:37.560 of the World Economic Forum?

00:07:39.360 Is that not the essence of attending the conference?

00:07:41.560 You're playing with words, Andrew.

00:07:43.220 I just tell you that...

00:07:44.780 Well, you're playing with words, though,

00:07:46.100 when you say you've not attended,

00:07:47.580 but we're also registered and we're also there.

00:07:49.540 I was registered.

00:07:50.520 I was there to be able to be in these rooms

00:07:53.080 and having these private meetings

00:07:54.900 with other front-affaires ministers.

00:07:56.640 That's what I did over there.

00:07:58.400 So, you know, there's nothing there.

00:08:00.720 Like you tweeted, there's nothing there.

00:08:02.820 And you said that I'm not a globalist.

00:08:04.620 The globalist one are the conservative

00:08:06.900 and Pierre Poitier.

00:08:08.040 So, you know, you are telling me

00:08:11.840 being transparent and honest with Canadians,

00:08:14.420 it's not okay.

00:08:15.360 I was there and I registered, yes,

00:08:17.720 to be able to have these private meetings.

00:08:19.820 And I had a lot of private meetings

00:08:21.640 with a lot of front-affaires ministers for two days.

00:08:24.500 I was very busy.

00:08:25.900 And after that, I did my job.

00:08:27.960 I was happy.

00:08:28.900 I said goodbye to the conference.

00:08:30.660 That was the goal.

00:08:31.600 And my prime minister was very happy with my work.

00:08:34.400 I have, through access to information,

00:08:38.720 a copy of your itinerary when you were in Davos.

00:08:42.100 And, you know, no meetings with Klaus Schwab.

00:08:44.420 I don't see you giving any speeches

00:08:45.900 or anything like that to the World Economic Forum.

00:08:48.100 But I am curious about a couple.

00:08:49.960 One you met with on your schedule,

00:08:52.180 it looks like, was Jean Charest.

00:08:54.560 Another was a dinner given

00:08:56.360 by the Bank of Montreal Financial Group.

00:08:59.340 And I'm just curious,

00:09:00.820 why did you need to meet with the Premier of Quebec

00:09:03.620 in Davos?

00:09:05.280 I don't remember.

00:09:06.580 You know, the Prime Minister was there.

00:09:08.460 And the Premier of Quebec was there.

00:09:10.280 And I had a meeting.

00:09:11.060 I know Jean Charest personally, actually.

00:09:13.480 And he's a friend of our family.

00:09:15.520 My dad was sitting in the Conservative Parliament.

00:09:22.160 Not Parliament, but Conservative Party.

00:09:24.080 He was a member of the members of both

00:09:27.360 and a Conservative with Charest.

00:09:29.700 So I know Charest pretty well.

00:09:31.840 And we had a discussion.

00:09:33.080 So you try to find something

00:09:35.620 that there's nothing there, Andrew.

00:09:37.660 And I'm very disappointed of you.

00:09:39.840 You're playing the Conservative game.

00:09:41.980 If you're a journalist, you do your job.

00:09:44.940 Yes, I had these meetings.

00:09:46.560 And that's it.

00:09:47.640 Be honest with your viewers.

00:09:49.440 And I'm not a globalist.

00:09:50.740 And ask all these questions to the Conservative.

00:09:53.380 Why you did not challenge my Conservative opponent

00:09:56.360 when he was with you?

00:09:57.660 And he said that he's pro-life and that's it.

00:10:00.660 He's pro-life, but he won't be able to do anything

00:10:03.120 for people in this writing.

00:10:05.000 Like Candice, she was pro-life.

00:10:07.000 She didn't do anything.

00:10:08.200 Because he cannot speak about that.

00:10:10.080 Because he didn't say that Poliev won't open

00:10:12.660 the abortion debate.

00:10:14.520 He said here in this writing.

00:10:15.980 I did challenge him on that.

00:10:17.600 I specifically asked him,

00:10:18.940 does the PPC not offer pro-life voters

00:10:21.620 more than his party is prepared to offer?

00:10:24.080 So you're criticizing me of something I didn't do.

00:10:26.020 Yeah, but you know,

00:10:26.760 what I'm telling you is Poliev said here

00:10:29.960 that he won't reopen the debate.

00:10:31.840 He won't table any legislation on abortion.

00:10:35.640 And you have that candidate here

00:10:36.960 that is saying,

00:10:37.520 I'm pro-life, I'm pro-life.

00:10:38.680 It won't change anything.

00:10:40.180 So let's have the real discussion

00:10:42.620 about the globalists

00:10:43.740 and conservative candidates

00:10:46.980 that, you know,

00:10:48.240 cannot do anything for people here

00:10:50.120 in line with their values

00:10:51.400 and they won't fight

00:10:52.720 for the sovereignty of our country.

00:10:55.020 They, Poliev voted,

00:10:56.700 actually, you can ask me that question, Andrew.

00:10:58.440 When I was a conservative in 2017,

00:11:01.640 a week after the convention,

00:11:03.800 the leadership convention,

00:11:05.520 the liberal table bill,

00:11:07.820 a motion,

00:11:08.580 to support the Paris Accord.

00:11:11.680 Every conservative member of parliament,

00:11:14.700 including Poliev,

00:11:16.040 voted for that,

00:11:17.400 except one, Cheryl Gallant and myself.

00:11:20.980 And I can tell you,

00:11:22.000 I didn't vote against the motion

00:11:23.900 because a week after the leadership context,

00:11:29.120 I didn't want to embarrass my new leader,

00:11:32.920 so I didn't vote on that.

00:11:34.980 And actually, you know that my candidate

00:11:37.300 was working a year ago,

00:11:39.680 not 15 years ago,

00:11:41.300 a year ago with the Trudeau government

00:11:43.740 to implement that net zero idea of,

00:11:48.700 you know,

00:11:49.540 to end climate change.

00:11:50.900 He was, at that time,

00:11:52.400 a lobbyist for the grain growers,

00:11:54.700 grant growers of Canada.

00:12:00.820 So, and he worked with the Trudeau government

00:12:03.500 to implement the net zero policy,

00:12:06.140 not 15 years ago,

00:12:07.660 a year ago.

00:12:08.360 Your disappointment in me,

00:12:12.660 notwithstanding, Maxime,

00:12:13.860 I've always liked you,

00:12:14.740 I've always gotten along with you,

00:12:15.880 and I'm happy to have you on the show

00:12:17.140 to talk about these things.

00:12:18.320 But the reason I bring up

00:12:20.300 the events of 15 years ago

00:12:22.100 is because you and your opponent

00:12:24.620 in this race were bringing up 0.99

00:12:25.840 the event of 15 years ago.

00:12:27.060 I would agree with you.

00:12:28.260 It's far more important

00:12:29.200 what people stand for now.

00:12:31.080 But I go back to the reason

00:12:32.320 I got involved in this debate

00:12:34.060 is because you made a claim

00:12:35.340 that I still don't understand

00:12:37.520 your side of,

00:12:38.320 that you didn't attend

00:12:39.100 when you were there,

00:12:40.520 you were in the room,

00:12:41.360 and you were registered.

00:12:42.420 But let's talk about the here and now.

00:12:44.000 Let's talk about what you stand up for now.

00:12:46.400 Is your view that the Conservatives

00:12:48.260 were always globalists?

00:12:49.940 Back in 2008,

00:12:51.040 they were always globalists,

00:12:52.100 or is your view that this is

00:12:53.060 a more recent development?

00:12:55.220 Yeah, they were always globalists.

00:12:57.220 Actually, Harper delivered a speech

00:12:58.920 in Davos,

00:12:59.600 praising Schwab about his organization.

00:13:03.360 They are globalists,

00:13:04.360 and they were globalists,

00:13:05.420 and they're still globalists.

00:13:08.340 Why did you go along with it then?

00:13:10.120 I was a cabinet minister, Andrew,

00:13:12.040 and my job was to do

00:13:13.820 what the prime minister asked me to do.

00:13:15.380 And the most important for me

00:13:17.320 was to be sure

00:13:18.540 that our Canadian forces

00:13:19.680 will have the right equipment.

00:13:21.800 So I worked at that time

00:13:23.480 with the defense minister

00:13:24.620 and the prime minister's office

00:13:26.080 to be sure that, you know,

00:13:27.740 we'll do our best

00:13:28.660 for our Canadian forces.

00:13:29.940 I'm very proud of that trip,

00:13:31.860 and, you know,

00:13:33.100 I did my job

00:13:34.940 and what my prime minister

00:13:36.220 asked me to do.

00:13:37.400 But, you know,

00:13:38.260 all that,

00:13:39.100 and that's why we created

00:13:40.360 the People's Party,

00:13:41.840 because that,

00:13:43.020 the fact that the Conservative Party

00:13:45.700 is a globalist party,

00:13:47.420 that was one of many reasons

00:13:50.080 why I left the party in 2018,

00:13:52.540 and we created the People's Party.

00:13:55.940 But when you,

00:13:56.980 I mean,

00:13:57.160 you were in cabinet,

00:13:58.160 you know,

00:13:58.500 well after when you were

00:13:59.420 Foreign Affairs Minister,

00:14:00.600 heading into the end

00:14:01.440 of Stephen Harper's term.

00:14:03.040 When you ran for leadership

00:14:04.360 in 2017,

00:14:05.600 and I endorsed you,

00:14:06.560 I interviewed you,

00:14:07.740 I don't recall your concerns

00:14:09.540 being that the Conservatives

00:14:11.280 have been co-opted by globalists.

00:14:13.380 You were still very much

00:14:14.560 a proud and loyal Conservative

00:14:16.900 at that time.

00:14:17.800 It just seems like

00:14:19.080 this change in messaging

00:14:21.280 from you

00:14:21.800 has been far more recent.

00:14:23.260 No, absolutely not.

00:14:24.040 The leadership contest,

00:14:25.820 you know,

00:14:26.320 I have strong ideas,

00:14:28.160 and actually,

00:14:29.060 if you look at our platform

00:14:30.380 for the People's Party of Canada,

00:14:32.040 we created the People's Party of Canada

00:14:34.080 based on my leadership platform,

00:14:36.620 and yes,

00:14:37.720 right now we are speaking more

00:14:39.240 about the trans issue,

00:14:40.880 and I'm the only one

00:14:41.920 that is saying,

00:14:42.960 you know,

00:14:43.200 enough is enough

00:14:44.020 with that trans toxic ideology. 1.00

00:14:46.260 That was not part in the news,

00:14:47.800 in 2017,

00:14:49.100 and you can say yes,

00:14:51.620 but immigration,

00:14:53.180 that's part of our policy.

00:14:54.440 I started to speak about that

00:14:56.440 at the leadership contest,

00:14:57.900 and my goal

00:14:58.780 was to transform

00:15:00.220 the Conservative Party

00:15:01.460 to be sure

00:15:02.260 that we'll have

00:15:02.840 a real Conservative Party.

00:15:04.580 I didn't,

00:15:05.240 was not able to do that.

00:15:06.520 I didn't win.

00:15:07.440 I tried with Andrew Scheer.

00:15:09.080 I worked with him

00:15:10.040 15 months

00:15:11.100 after the leadership,

00:15:12.580 and I had a meeting

00:15:13.800 with Andrew Scheer

00:15:14.640 after that

00:15:15.240 because I wanted

00:15:16.360 to be sure

00:15:17.020 in late 2017,

00:15:20.440 late 2018,

00:15:21.620 sorry,

00:15:22.120 that he will use

00:15:23.000 some of my ideas

00:15:23.960 that were very popular

00:15:25.120 during the,

00:15:26.580 for the leadership contest,

00:15:28.340 and with the members

00:15:29.620 of the Conservative Party,

00:15:31.060 when I had 49%

00:15:32.440 of the vote.

00:15:33.480 15 months later,

00:15:35.380 I had a meeting

00:15:35.940 with him.

00:15:36.380 I said,

00:15:37.040 Andrew,

00:15:37.260 can you take

00:15:37.820 some of my ideas

00:15:38.720 for the next general election?

00:15:39.880 They were very popular,

00:15:41.580 and I must admit,

00:15:42.480 Andrew,

00:15:43.360 that Andrew Scheer

00:15:45.500 was very honest,

00:15:47.220 and he said,

00:15:47.740 no, Maxime,

00:15:48.340 I won't take

00:15:48.920 any of your ideas

00:15:49.800 for the next electoral

00:15:50.700 election in 2019.

00:15:53.440 We were in 2018

00:15:54.380 because I understand

00:15:55.960 they were very popular

00:15:56.940 with the base

00:15:57.700 of the Conservative Party,

00:15:58.980 but they're not popular

00:16:00.200 with the general population,

00:16:01.840 and I'm running

00:16:02.460 to be Prime Minister.

00:16:03.800 So that's why I left,

00:16:05.080 and I said,

00:16:05.600 this party is intellectual

00:16:06.940 and morally corrupt,

00:16:08.100 the only Conservative in name,

00:16:09.560 and we created the BBC,

00:16:11.540 and actually,

00:16:12.520 actually,

00:16:13.180 Polyev is doing

00:16:13.940 the same thing right now.

00:16:15.260 He was speaking

00:16:15.860 like a Conservative

00:16:16.640 during the Conservative contest,

00:16:19.120 and now he's going slowly

00:16:20.840 but surely to the left

00:16:22.300 because his goal

00:16:23.580 is to be in power,

00:16:24.700 and his goal

00:16:25.240 is to please Quebec

00:16:26.180 and Ontario

00:16:26.740 and the big cities,

00:16:27.900 and he doesn't want

00:16:28.880 to speak about

00:16:29.560 the most important issues

00:16:30.880 for people here

00:16:31.800 in this writing,

00:16:32.820 like abortion,

00:16:34.080 like the trans ideology,

00:16:36.700 like climate change,

00:16:39.560 he doesn't want.

00:16:41.040 So Polyev is taken

00:16:42.600 for granted

00:16:43.300 the support

00:16:44.060 in out West here,

00:16:45.660 saying that,

00:16:46.640 oh, my candidates

00:16:47.720 out West are winning

00:16:48.660 by 60, 75% of the vote,

00:16:51.380 so they will win,

00:16:52.560 maybe by 50%

00:16:54.020 at the next election,

00:16:55.200 and I can pender

00:16:56.120 to Ontario and Quebec

00:16:57.320 to have more support,

00:16:58.580 and I'll be in government.

00:16:59.920 We are the only

00:17:01.580 insurance policy

00:17:02.720 to people here

00:17:03.820 in this writing

00:17:04.640 to be sure

00:17:05.680 that Polyev 0.96

00:17:06.660 will be a real conservative,

00:17:08.680 and actually,

00:17:10.200 I tried to reform

00:17:11.360 the conservative party

00:17:12.460 from the inside.

00:17:13.740 I was not successful.

00:17:15.360 I'm saying to people

00:17:16.460 here in Portage Lisgar,

00:17:18.260 let's reform

00:17:19.260 the conservative party.

00:17:20.900 Let's send

00:17:21.460 a strong message

00:17:22.440 to Trudeau and Polyev,

00:17:24.020 and if you send me

00:17:24.980 over there,

00:17:25.620 that will put pressure

00:17:26.840 to Polyev

00:17:27.940 to speak about

00:17:28.800 the real issues.

00:17:29.640 If you want

00:17:30.400 to reform that party,

00:17:31.660 if you want to have

00:17:32.260 a real conservative party,

00:17:33.620 you have to vote for me.

00:17:36.800 So you actually think

00:17:38.120 reform of that party

00:17:39.580 is possible?

00:17:40.440 It's possible

00:17:41.100 if they have

00:17:42.960 conservative conviction,

00:17:44.760 and if they vote for me

00:17:46.740 and I'm in parliament,

00:17:47.880 because I will support

00:17:49.760 the conservative

00:17:50.400 and Polyev

00:17:51.240 when he'll be

00:17:51.880 a real conservative,

00:17:53.280 and I will shame him

00:17:54.500 when he will not.

00:17:55.800 So it's a win-win

00:17:57.060 for people in this writing.

00:17:58.460 They will have

00:17:59.440 my voice over there,

00:18:00.620 and I will push Polyev 0.99

00:18:02.100 in the right direction.

00:18:05.520 All right.

00:18:06.200 Well, the by-election

00:18:06.860 is coming up

00:18:07.780 in just 11 days.

00:18:09.260 What's your plan

00:18:10.020 for the homestretch, Maxime?

00:18:11.520 Being on the ground,

00:18:12.580 speaking with people,

00:18:14.100 knocking at door,

00:18:15.700 door knocking,

00:18:17.000 and, you know,

00:18:18.800 waiting for the result

00:18:20.000 the day of the election,

00:18:21.560 and I hope I will win,

00:18:22.820 but I can tell you, Andrew,

00:18:24.040 if I don't win,

00:18:25.900 I will be here

00:18:27.300 at the next general election,

00:18:28.840 and we will fight

00:18:30.020 for what we believe,

00:18:30.960 and my goal

00:18:31.720 is to be elected now,

00:18:32.900 but I can say to people

00:18:34.200 in Port-Age-Lysgaard,

00:18:35.580 I'll be back

00:18:36.460 at the next general election

00:18:37.540 if I'm not able to win.

00:18:40.300 So you're committing

00:18:41.160 to running in,

00:18:42.540 you know,

00:18:42.820 suing the elections

00:18:43.540 in 2025

00:18:44.200 in the same writing?

00:18:45.180 Absolutely, yes.

00:18:47.480 All right.

00:18:47.980 Well, I believe

00:18:48.400 advanced polls

00:18:49.100 open tomorrow.

00:18:50.600 Maxime,

00:18:51.020 this was far more constructive

00:18:52.260 than going back and forth

00:18:53.220 on Twitter, I think,

00:18:54.080 so thanks very much

00:18:54.820 for coming on.

00:18:55.480 I appreciate that, Andrew,

00:18:56.380 and I'm very pleased

00:18:57.120 that we had that discussion.

00:18:58.500 Thank you very much.

00:18:59.860 All right, thank you.

00:19:01.600 All right, that does it for us.

00:19:03.280 A bit of a shorter show,

00:19:04.440 but like I said,

00:19:05.220 when these things come up,

00:19:06.280 I think the best thing to do 0.99

00:19:07.300 is hit them head on, 1.00

00:19:08.720 and I'm glad we did that here,

00:19:10.300 and people can decide

00:19:11.300 for themselves

00:19:11.880 what they think

00:19:13.260 about the interpretation

00:19:15.380 of one single word.

00:19:16.960 I feel like I was doing

00:19:18.000 a Zapruder-like analysis

00:19:19.420 of just every angle

00:19:20.500 of a sentence,

00:19:21.840 but sometimes you have

00:19:22.900 to do that.

00:19:23.440 So that does it for us.

00:19:24.680 We will be back

00:19:25.300 with another episode

00:19:26.240 of the Andrew Lawton Show

00:19:27.420 tomorrow here on True North.

00:19:28.620 Thank you, God bless,

00:19:30.040 and good day to you all.

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Has Maxime Bernier been to WEF？

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