Doug Casey’s Take: Special Guest Maxime Bernier: A Fight for Canada’s Future

EDITORIAL

Doug Casey’s Take: Special Guest Maxime Bernier: A Fight for Canada’s Future

Summary

Maxime Bernier is advocating for a political shift in Canada through his People’s Party, focusing on issues like media bias, immigration, individual freedoms, and economic reforms to combat collectivism and inspire active political engagement among Canadians.

Immigration and Population

The People’s Party aims to end mass immigration and implement a moratorium to address Canada’s housing crisis, population growth, and societal integration issues.

Maxime Bernier opposes the UN Compact on Migration, which promotes open borders, believing immigration should be a privilege, not a right.

Economic Policies

The party proposes a flat tax of 15% on businesses to increase competitiveness and attract investment, allowing companies to keep more profit and reinvest in productivity.

Abolishing the capital gains tax is proposed to promote economic growth and make Canadian businesses more globally competitive.

The People’s Party aims to balance the budget in one year by cutting foreign aid ($10B), corporate welfare ($25B), and wealth redistribution ($13B).

Decentralization and Provincial Autonomy

The party advocates for radical decentralization and more autonomy for provinces like Quebec and Alberta to develop their own natural resources without federal interference.

Withdrawing from the Paris Accord and abolishing the carbon tax are proposed to allow provinces like Alberta to exploit their natural resources freely.

Party Philosophy and Strategy

The People’s Party is founded on libertarian principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility, focusing on winning the battle of ideas.

With 343 candidates running in the upcoming election, the party is growing step-by-step, emphasizing educating Canadians about its principles.

The party has strong youth engagement, with many young candidates and supporters, focusing on telling Canadians the truth based on facts and reason.

As a young populist party, it prioritizes building at the federal level before considering provincial parties, while some members express interest in starting provincial branches.