Maxime Bernier, Leader of the People's Party of Canada, will press CPC leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre to clarify his stance on COVID-19 mandates Thursday as both men are planning to walk the final leg of James Topp's cross-country march..Bernier announced weeks ago that he would join Topp as he marches into Ottawa, while there are recent indications that Poilievre will join him as well. .Bernier is happy to finally have Poilievre's support in opposition to unconstitutional federal mandates but is fed up with what he calls is Poilievre's false claims to have supported the freedom movement “since day one.".Bernier said he has questions for Poilievre that every Canadian needs answered. .“He stayed silent for two years, like all the other Conservative MPs,” Bernier said..“He was watching the polls and checking which way the wind was blowing, while I was holding rallies across the country and getting arrested. And then when it became safe he decided it was time to jump in at a carefully staged photo op during the convoy. He should stop lying about it.” .Bernier and a team of PPC candidates and supporters will be joining James Topp for the last 22 km of his march ending at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. .James Topp, a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces has been marching from Vancouver to Ottawa for the last 130 days in protest of federal vaccine mandates.
