Meet the Candidate – Andrew Nelson (People’s Party of Canada)

Nelson says the election of Andrew Scheer as party leader motivated him to put his name out for the election.

“He abandoned all of the things that Maxime Bernier was running during the leadership race, went his own way, and became a centrist, and in my views, a weak leader, and just wasn’t representing what I believed in anymore,” he said.

Bernier left the Conservatives in 2018, forming the People’s Party of Canada later that year.

Nelson says the biggest issues facing the riding are taxes, pipelines, firearm laws and freedom of expression, the latter of which he says is being “shut down nationally.”

“That’s just a fundamental precept of being a Canadian, is being able to speak your mind,” he said.

Nelson says the focus on the campaign trail has been getting the party’s message out, and says so far, it’s been well received.

“I’ve got people calling me to get literature and to get lawn signs, and that’s just something that’s unusual, but is happening in a big way,” he said.

And he says the recent decision to allow Bernier to participate in October will also help spread the message of the party.

“I’ve gotten to know (Maxime) pretty well, I’ve spent a lot of time with him,” he said. “I just think, as Canadians get to listen to him, and see what a common sense type fellow he is, that he does very well in public speaking and debates. I think some of the other leaders maybe aren’t quite so thrilled that he’s going to get to participate as we are.”

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by Olivia Thorington

Meet the Candidate – Andrew Nelson (People’s Party of Canada)

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