It appears the new Maverick Party may have some competition for the name – from ‘Mad’ Max Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada..“Good luck to the new Maverick Party, but everyone knows I’m the only maverick politician in Canada, and the only one who offers solutions that will save our country while bringing fairness to the West,” Bernier tweeted Friday morning..Bernier was responding to an exclusive Western Standard story that revealed Wexit Canada had been given approval from Elections Canada to use their new moniker, the Maverick Party..Maverick Party Interim Leader Jay Hill told the Western Standard the name was change in an effort to break out of the pack of all the other “Wexit” entities.. maverickMaverick Party logo .Hill said the question of a name change was first brought up at a board meeting in July. A web survey was launched, with two-thirds of 700 respondents calling for a change away from the original Wexit brand..The party then held it’s first face-to-face board meeting on July 25, and the seven members came up with the Maverick moniker. The name was then sent to a company that specializing in branding for a logo design..“The name Maverick fits everyone. Anyone can be a maverick at any age,” said Hill..“A maverick is a leader…not afraid of change and has the ability to seize opportunities.”. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .“And the name will come into the forefront soon with the release of the next Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise’s character of course being called ‘Maverick’.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
