People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier said Pierre Poilievre is revealing his “leftist party” ways, following Polievre’s comments on supply management issues in Canada’s agriculture sector..Bernier took to Twitter saying he wasn’t surprised Poilievre won’t change supply management in agriculture..“The LibCons are in the pocket of the dairy cartel,” he tweeted, adding it is the cartel who “decides who can and cannot be leader.”.During an interview aired on Wednesday with the Western Standard’s Cory Morgan, federal Conservative leadership candidate Poilievre said he wouldn’t propose to change the current agriculture price and production controls..The Soviet-style supply management of certain sections of Canada’s agriculture sector leads to artificially high prices by setting production quotas and large import taxes and prohibitions on imported dairy and other products..Poilievre said he wouldn’t do away with the current program because “farmers who own the quota [permits] have had to pay millions of dollars for it,” and doing away with the current program would cost more than keeping it in place..“His message isn’t coherent with conservative values,” Bernier told the Western Standard..“I’m not surprised because the Liberals and Conservatives are in the pocket of the dairy cartels. They want to have their support..“Poilievre isn’t a real conservative because he supports higher prices for Canadian consumers by allowing these cartels to force Canadians to pay double the price for eggs, poultry and milk.”.Bernier said when he ran for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2016, his first policy was to do away with “the cartel” and he said he paid the political price for his stance..“If you are a principle conservative, you can’t keep that cartel in place,” said Bernier..“As a conservative, I believe in a free market and believe Canadians should pay fair market price for things, not double what American consumers are paying..“I am pleased that Poilievre is showing Canadians he can’t be trusted.”.Bernier said this gives the PPC an opportunity to show conservative Canadians how the Liberal and Conservative parties in Canada are all leftist political parties..“Although we are not the official opposition party, the PPC is the only party that truly opposed the draconian COVID-19 measures the Trudeau government brought in during the pandemic,” said Bernier..Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
