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The Conservative Party tries to avoid important but controversial issues of concern to Conservatives and Canadians in general. It is afraid to articulate any coherent philosophy to support its positions.

— Maxime Bernier

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If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.

Every public declaration is tested with polls and focus groups. The result is a bunch of platitudes that don’t offend anybody, but also don’t mean anything and don’t motivate anyone.

Je suis en politique pour défendre des principes. Je l'ai dit dès le début de la campagne, lorsqu'on croit au libre marché, à la liberté économique et qu'on veut défendre les consommateurs, il y a peut-être un prix à payer. Je suis prêt à le payer ce prix politique là.

Racists are not welcome in this party

It took the Green Party twenty years and six elections to have 1.6% of the vote.
We created a party and did that in one year.

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