Canadasa国际传媒檚 brief brush with the Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party of Canada showed that attacking the countrysa国际传媒檚 multiculturalism wonsa国际传媒檛 score a spot in Ottawa, according to Simon Fraser University professors.
sa国际传媒淲e do hear Canadians concerned about immigration, but the way it was framed with the PPC didnsa国际传媒檛 resonate with more than a handful of Canadians across the country,sa国际传媒� said political science instructor Stewart Prest.
The Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party was shut out of the House of Commons, with even hesa国际传媒檇 held since 2006 in Beauce, Que. His father had held the riding for more than two decades.
Bernier formed the right-leaning party in 2018, after he lost the Conservative leadership race to Andrew Scheer by only a couple percentage points.
The party espoused views that denied climate change and asked for immigration to be cut in half.
On Twitter, Bernier thanked the Canadians who voted for his group, saying the sa国际传媒渞esults were disappointingsa国际传媒� but the struggle for a better society never ends.sa国际传媒�
Thank you to the 300k Canadians who supported candidates yesterday. The results were disappointing. But the struggle for a better society never ends. And the principles and policies we proposed are more relevant than ever.
sa国际传媒� Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier)
Nationally, the Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party got just 292,703 votes, or 1.6 per cent. Albertans cast the most, at 2.2 per cent of all ballots cast, while B.C. came in at 1.7 per cent.
Thatsa国际传媒檚 a distance sixth place behind the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Qu茅b茅cois, and Green Party.
However, even if anti-immigration views alone cansa国际传媒檛 carry a party to Ottawa, Prest said, it doesnsa国际传媒檛 mean theysa国际传媒檙e not there.
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Cara Camcastle, who also teaches political science at SFU, said the partysa国际传媒檚 poor showing sets Canada apart from the U.S., especially in how it responds to immigration.
She said she believes that after this election, where a sa国际传媒渇ringesa国际传媒� party got less than two per cent of the popular vote, proportional representation should make it back into the discussion.
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