Commentary Conservatives in Canada who tolerate lockdowns, believe the debate over climate change is over, think it ok to cancel those who disagree with them, and love to hear empty platitudes from their leaders have their guy in Erin O’Toole, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Other conservatives—the freedom-loving, political-correctness-hating, free-market kind—will soon be rethinking Maxime Bernier, the former MP who left the Conservative party in disgust three years ago to start the rival People’s Party of Canada. Bernier could well be the most popular conservative politician in Canada, and one of the very few who have principles, which is a reason he keeps losing. In 2017, running to replace the retired Stephen Harper as Conservative leader, Bernier touched a third rail of Canadian politics by pledging to abolish Canada’s supply-management system. Although supply management is reviled by all free marketers—it artificially inflates the cost of food through quota …
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