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Toronto Sun
January 15, 2018
That's the question people are asking — quite seriously — after Winfrey spoke at the Golden Globes and gave her rousing, “New day on the horizon!” speech. At the very least, say the financial pundits, the chatter about Winfrey's presidential run will just make her richer. All that talk means more attention onÃÂ ...
Regina Leader-Post
January 14, 2018
Beyak had supported Maxime Bernier in the Conservative leadership race. The reaction to her actions has been swift. The national Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Perry Bellegarde, pointed out that the Senate ethics committee can recommend the expulsion of senators and argued they shouldÃÂ ...
CTV News
December 19, 2017
OTTAWA -- Three Conservative MPs who sought the party's leadership earlier this year are bracing for a fight to represent the party at all come the 2019 election. Kellie Leitch, Brad Trost and Deepak Obhrai are among several sitting MPs facing nomination challenges for the next federal vote, but it'sÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
November 19, 2017
In those anxious days before the Conservative leadership vote, while other candidates practised their pitches to the party faithful, Maxime Bernier was spotted rehearsing his victory speech. That speech never saw the light of day, but Bernier wants to change that with a new book he's writing. "I will have anÃÂ ...
Huffington Post Canada
August 2, 2017
Maxime Bernier speaks with Andrew Scheer after the first results are announced during the Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention in Toronto on May 27, 2017. OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier lost the Conservative leadership race, but he remained the top fundraiser right to the end.
CBC.ca
November 30, 2017
The Saskatchewan MP and former speaker of the House of Commons narrowly beat out Quebec MP Maxime Bernier at the leadership vote in Toronto on May 27, besting him on the 13th and final ballot. Since the beginning of the year, and continuing under Scheer's leadership, the Conservatives have ...
CBC.ca
November 19, 2017
In those anxious days before the Conservative leadership vote, while other candidates practised their pitches to the party faithful, Maxime Bernier was spotted rehearsing his victory speech. That speech never saw the light of day, but Bernier wants to change that with a new book he's writing. "I will have an ...
CFJC Today Kamloops
November 3, 2017
KAMLOOPS — Today, Kamloops got a visit from Maxime Bernier, Member of Parliament for Beauce, Quebec and the opposition's Critic for Innovation, Science and Economic Development. Bernier joined Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod for tours at Thompson Rivers University and the ...
CBC.ca
August 31, 2017
Twice in the last three months, Maxime Bernier has watched someone else walk away with the job he wanted. In May, the Quebec MP and former cabinet minister walked into the Conservative leadership convention nearly certain he was going to win. Instead, he watched from across the aisle as Andrew ...
Huffington Post Canada
August 2, 2017
OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier lost the Conservative leadership race, but he remained the top fundraiser right to the end. Newly released figures from Elections Canada show the Quebec MP raised $426,329 in the second quarter of 2017, bringing his total fundraising results so far up to nearly $2.5 million ...
CBC.ca
June 1, 2017
If Maxime Bernier had swung just a few dozen votes over to him in only a handful of ridings, he would be the leader of the Conservative Party today instead of Andrew Scheer. An analysis of riding-by-riding data suggests that the Conservative Party just narrowly avoided giving the leadership to a candidate ...
Huffington Post Canada
May 27, 2017
The perceived front-runner for the Conservative leadership is making a list and checking it twice. Quebec MP Maxime Bernier sent a fundraising email Saturday — hours before the results of the contest will be revealed in Toronto — giving supporters one last chance to get their name on his radar by ...
Toronto Star
May 8, 2017
OTTAWA–Maxime Bernier has a dramatically different idea about how Canada should work. Bernier would get the federal government out of health care, transferring the full responsibility to provinces and paving the way for more private delivery. Bernier would tie Canada's foreign aid to “morality,” and ...
CBC.ca
April 27, 2017
So, presumably, ends one of the strangest careers in the history of Canadian politics. And so, perhaps, begins the Conservative Party's Maxime Bernier era. "I am going to throw my support behind Maxime Bernier," Kevin O'Leary explained at a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
CTV News
March 25, 2017
Conservative leadership contenders Maxime Bernier and Lisa Raitt want their party to keep probing who was behind 1351 fake memberships the partyÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
March 23, 2017
Maxime Bernier still tops the index with a score of 20.1 points (suggesting he would capture 20.1 per cent of the vote on the first ballot if that vote were held today), down slightly from where he stood on Mar. 9. O'Leary is next with 18.5 points, up ...
Winnipeg Free Press
March 23, 2017
OTTAWA - Manitoba Tory MLA Steven Fletcher will become the first, and possibly only, provincial politician to endorse a federal Conservative leadership candidate when he announces today he is backing Maxime Bernier. "When you look at all the thingsÃÂ ...
Montreal Gazette
March 18, 2017
ST-GEORGES - It's a bit past noon on a weekday in the Beauce, and Maxime Bernier is in his element: He's delivering a speech to the board of trade in his home riding.
Huffington Post Canada
March 17, 2017
OTTAWA - The Conservative party is investigating allegations that leadership candidate Maxime Bernier's campaign breached contest rules by signing up members without their knowledge, The Huffington Post Canada has learned.
Globalnews.ca
March 14, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier said Canada should close the loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement and send those who cross illegally back to the United States.
Huffington Post Canada
March 14, 2017
By contrast, Maxime Bernier supports our oil and gas sector and the need for new pipelines. He understands that it makes no sense for Quebec -- his home province -- and other eastern Canadian provinces to continue purchasing oil from Middle East ...
CTV News
March 6, 2017
OTTAWA -- Conservative party leadership candidate Brad Trost wants his party to offer partial refunds to his rivals to encourage some of them to drop out of the race.
CBC.ca
March 6, 2017
Last week's awkward campaign video by Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, in the parlance of our times, broke the internet.
CBC.ca
March 6, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier promised lower taxes and no corporate subsidies - including for the auto sector - during a breakfast visit in Windsor Monday morning.
Yahoo News
March 4, 2017
Far right groups in Quebec joined forces Saturday under the banner of their opposition to a proposed parliamentary motion condemning Islamophobia, taking part in a series of demonstrations across the province.
The Guardian
March 3, 2017
Others, such as veteran politician Maxime Bernier - who is currently leading the pack when it comes to fundraising - have homed in on traditional hot-button issues for the Conservatives, vowing to cut taxes and privatise services such as mail delivery ...
CBC.ca
March 2, 2017
O'Leary's decision to avoid the debate might have been the quintessential front runner's move, but O'Leary is far from being a runaway favourite for the leadership.
CBC.ca
March 2, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says the fact a video she put on social media last week has been viewed by so many people is proof her message on immigration is resonating with the public.
CTV News
March 2, 2017
Maxime Bernier, the Quebec MP with the Montreal banking background and expensive suits, finds himself right at home when he visits the Prairies.
CBC.ca
March 1, 2017
... wing of the Conservative Party. At the Manning Conference in Ottawa on Friday, Lisa Raitt, who explicitly asked for second or third preference support in Edmonton, took Maxime Bernier to task on the issue of supply management. Bernier wants to ...
The Suburban Newspaper
March 1, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier brought his small-government message to a standing-room only crowd in Laval last week.
The Catholic Register
February 28, 2017
CLC's Ottawa lobbyist Johanne Brownrigg said that Maxime Bernier "has continued to climb in my estimation" in that, like Scheer, he would not prevent a pro-life MP from bringing forth an abortion bill or motion.
Montreal Gazette
February 27, 2017
The Conservative leadership race is heating up in Alberta as candidates vie for the lead in the party's heartland. On Monday, leadership contender Maxime Bernier pitched himself as the "Albertan from Quebec" while announcing the endorsement of WildroseÃÂ ...
Calgary Herald
February 27, 2017
Maxime Bernier, left, leadership candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada, announces that he has received the endorsement of Alberta Wildrose MLAÃÂ ...
Toronto Sun
February 26, 2017
These are the issues a growing number of Canadians care about. Yet most of the candidates seem oblivious to them or intentionally avoid them.
CBC.ca
February 24, 2017
Vancouver businessman Rick Peterson said Trump was right to want to renegotiate NAFTA, but took a shot at his fellow candidate, Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, for his desire to end supply management in parts of the farming sector. Peterson said thatÃÂ ...
CTV News
February 22, 2017
Windsor and the surrounding area is not a strong Conservative area, but leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier is hoping to change that.
Windsor Star
February 21, 2017
Federal Conservative Party leadership candidate Maxime Bernier will be in Windsor for a meet-and-greet breakfast next month.
CBC.ca
February 20, 2017
Conservative party leadership candidate Maxime Bernier is the latest to suggest the Indian Act should be abolished, or changed.
CBC.ca
February 17, 2017
The first takes place in Langley's Darvonda Nurseries at 1 p.m. PT on Feb. 18, and the second in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre at 1 p.m.
Toronto Star
February 14, 2017
wrote Maxime Bernier, one of the race's leading candidates, over the weekend. "Given the international situation, and the fact that jihadi terrorism is today the most important threat to our security, I think this is a serious concern we have to take ...
CBC.ca
February 14, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier has denounced a transgender rights bill he previously supported, saying it poses a threat to free speech in Canada.
CTV News
February 13, 2017
They faced questions about budget, debts, conservative values and marijuana legalization -- and showed that between them, there are considerable differences in how some of those issues should be faced.
Truro Daily News
February 8, 2017
He also likes Erin O'Toole, who provincial PC leader Jamie Baillie is supporting, and Andrew Sheer, who is a former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Prince George Citizen
February 8, 2017
My own choice for leader will be Maxime Bernier and I will not be marking a single other name on the ballot. The reasons for my choice are simple: he's a happy warrior for personal liberty.
CBC.ca
February 7, 2017
The Conservative leadership race will be decided by a preferential ballot, so the candidate with the broadest support and widest acceptability stands the best chance of winning.
Huffington Post Canada
February 7, 2017
Last Saturday, at the debate in Halifax, other candidates accused me of abandoning Atlantic Canada. They said that my proposal to freeze the equalization budget until we review its funding and the way the money is being distributed is going to hurt the ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca
February 5, 2017
Erin O'Toole, Chris Alexander, Lisa Raitt, Deepak Obhrai, Pierre Lemieux, Rick Peterson, Andrew Scheer, Maxime Bernier, Steven Blaney, Kevin O'Leary, Kellie Leitch, Michael Chong, Andrew Sexton and Brad Trost, left to right, participate in the ...
Toronto Star
February 4, 2017
In Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau was joined by several premiers, mayors and members of the Opposition in Ottawa in denouncing it.
CBC.ca
February 4, 2017
Chong, Kellie Leitch and fundraising front-runner Maxime Bernier started selling memberships last spring. "O'Leary has stated that he's going to be relying on the hundreds of thousands of people who follow him on Twitter or Instagram to be sign-ups.
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