Maxime Bernier

Since announcing his bid to replace Stephen Harper, Bernier has angered farmers by coming out in favour of ditching the supply management system that currently governs milk, eggs and poultry.

Quite a few potential candidates remain on the fence.

"It is not the role of the CRTC, it is not the role of the government to decide how this increasingly complex market should evolve," Bernier said.

The Beauce MP, now a candidate for Conservative leadership, was once quoted in La Presse saying, "there is, in fact, no scientific consensus" on climate change.

The push to change the rules to allow Ambrose to run was solidly defeated.

From his seat on the backbenches, he spearheaded legislation to give individual MPs more power. A bill to that effect became law last fall.

"It's clear that carbon pricing has arrived in Canada," said Michael Chong, 44, who has been an MP since 2004.

Maxime Bernier told a packed stadium in his home riding of Beauce this morning that he would run a small government if elected.

The owner of billboards currently showcasing ads that seek to promote the People's Party of Canada's controversial stance on immigration reversed course on Sunday, August 25, 2019, saying the company would take the material down in response to "overwhelming" criticism.