The People’s Party of the left … right … whatever
When Maxime Bernier, a former Conservative cabinet minister and federal leadership candidate, abruptly quit the party last month, he announced he would be starting a new political party.
Well, the nameless entity with one public face was finally given an identity on Sept. 14: the People’s Party of Canada.
He couldn’t have made a worse decision.
The term ‘People’s Party’ has long been associated with socialist and communist parties around the world. This includes the People’s Party of Panama, Cambodian People’s Party, People’s Party of Armenia, Pakistan Peoples Party, Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan, Danish People’s Party and the People’s Party of the United States.