People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier agreed to pay $2,000 in fines and costs in Manitoba Provincial Court on May 16 for violating pandemic restrictions in 2021.
“I am proud of what I did,” Bernier told the court, according to information reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “It was a dark time in Canada.”
Bernier admitted in an agreed statement of facts that he had not quarantined as an out-of-province visitor prior to attending several federal election events in southern Manitoba in June of 2021. In a statement, Bernier also admitted he hosted public events in violation of COVID-19 restrictions.
He was arrested by RCMP on June 11, 2021, and spent part of a day in police custody before being released….