Pierre Elliot Trudeau's "inciting hatred" exemption for Freedom of Expression in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms pretty much ensures that no conservative who is taken seriously will be able to campaign on significantly reducing immigration without being accused of inciting racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia. The PPC had 1.6% of the vote because conservatives were terrified of splitting the conservative vote. So they weren't see as a serious contender and were ultimately allowed on the ballot and at the debate stage.
If Maxime Bernier's party had a serious shot at even being a supply and confidence partner for the Tories, they would throw his ass in jail for "inciting hatred".
Pierre Elliot Trudeau's "inciting hatred" exemption for Freedom of Expression in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms pretty much ensures that no conservative who is taken seriously will be able to campaign on significantly reducing immigration without being accused of inciting racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia. The PPC had 1.6% of the vote because conservatives were terrified of splitting the conservative vote. So they weren't see as a serious contender and were ultimately allowed on the ballot and at the debate stage.
If Maxime Bernier's party had a serious shot at even being a supply and confidence partner for the Tories, they would throw his ass in jail for "inciting hatred".