VIDEO: LLTT tells why she ran for the People's Party of Canada

A day late and a dollar short? I wish I'd been able to put this up before yesterday's by-elections in the Canadian electoral districts of York-Simcoe (ON), Outremont (QC) and Burnaby South (BC). The last of those was contested by the Sikh Sikh Sikh leader of the socialist NDP, opposed by the Liberals, Conservatives and Maxime Bernier's new People's Party of Canada. The PPC candidate was Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, who explains in this short (5:06) campaign video why she joined the PPC and stood as a candidate.



As reported here this morning, Ms Tyler Thompson finished fourth -- a respectable fourth but fourth all the same. In Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system (as in the USA and UK), you don't get any prize for coming fourth, or even second.

So why am I posting this now, after the battle's lost? Because there will be other battles, notably a general election in October, and I believe Canadians who want to save their country from the socialist, social engineering policies of Trudeau's Liberals should be not just supporting but joining the People's Party of Canada, for the reasons given by Ms Tyler Thompson. Click here to read the PPC platform, and, if you believe in "Canada for Canadians", click here to become a member! Tell Mad Max that Laura-Lynn (and Walt!) sent ya!

Strong showing for People's Party of Canada in Burnaby South,,,

In the other two ridings contested in by-elections yesterday -- Outremont and York Simcoe -- not so much. But for a movement which only became an official party in January, it was a decent showing, holding promise of becoming a real force in the federal election in October. The PPC, founded last fall by Maxime "Mad Max" Bernier, a Conservative Member of Parliament and former minister in the government of Steve Harpoon, got 10.6% of the vote in Burnaby South, and an average of only 2% in the other two ridings -- a mixed bag but at least Canucks weary of liberalism now know they have a real choice.

The PPC standard-bearer in Burnaby South was Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, mentioned with approval here a couple of times. A former Christian talk show host, Ms Tyler Thompson had some name recognition before launching her candidacy. She ran a decidedly populist campaign, using the slogan "Canada for Canadians", which played well to her base of evangelical Chinese-Canadians.

Jugmeat Singh, the leader of the socialistic New Democratic Party -- 58 years "new" -- won the riding, so finally will get to sport his turban inside the House of Commons. The Liberal and Conservative candidates, both Chinese-Canadian, finished second and third, respectively, with Ms Tyler Thompson a strong fourth.

In Ontario and Québec, the voters did about what was expected, staying home in droves. In the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe, the turnout was only some 20% of eligible voters. The riding has been held by the Conservatives since 2004 and continues that way, with the Tory candidate getting more than half the votes, finishing some 20 points ahead of the Liberal. PPC candidate Robert Geurts, a criminal lawyer [clarify, please. Ed.] placed a distant sixth out of nine candidates with only 1.9% of the vote.

In the Québec riding of Outremont, People's Party candidate James Seale, a Canadian Army veteran, did a little better, with 2.1% of the vote. A member of the armed forces for more than 30 years before retiring, Mr Seale said he was attracted to the PPC because of M Bernier's promise to increase investment in Canada's defence. Apparently that doesn't go over very well, especially when said in English, in the up-scale part of Montréal. The Liberals took back the traditionally Liberal riding from the NDP, while the Conservatives finished fifth.

Even before the final results were in, M Bernier tweeted that volunteers should be proud of what they accomplished so soon after the party was founded. "The hundreds of volunteers who helped our candidates in Burnaby South, York–Simcoe and Outremont can be proud of what they achieved," he said. "They blazed a trail that thousands of others will follow across the country in October."

Walt sez: Canadians had better hope Mad Max is right! The People's Party is the only party which stands for "Canada for Canadians!"

"Choose your Québec!" election poster stirs up merde in Montréal

Voters in the Montréal-area riding of Gouin went to the polls last Monday in a by-election to fill a vacancy in the Québec National Assembly caused by the resignation of Québec solidaire MNA Françoise David. Results in a moment but first, an item you'll have trouble finding anywhere in Canada's lamestream media. [He's right. I looked! Ed.]

One of the 14 candidates to fill Ms David's shoes was Alexandre Cormier-Denis, representing the Parti Indépendantiste. M Cormier-Denis was considered a dark horse (in the betting sense of the phrase) and given two chances of winning -- slim and none. He did succeed, though, in stirring up the merde by putting up the election poster you see at left, showing a woman wearing a Quebec-branded toque facing another woman (?) wearing a Muslim niqab.

The tagline -- "Choose Your Quebec", in English -- caused the usual gang of "progressives", "antifas", and PC wienies to throw fits. Cries of  "racism" and "Islamophobia" were loud in the land. Bill M-103 was invoked. A police investigation ensued. MUC police quickly removed the poster from outside the Beaubien Métro station, only to put it back up when they were told the M Cormier-Denis was duly registered with Québec's Director of Elections, thus entitled to campaign as he saw fit.

M Cormier-Denis is president of the francophone Horizon Québec Actuel organization, which has close links to the French Front National. In his Vigile.Québec blog, he points out that the sign was not racist because the same woman appeared in both images, and that it was merely meant to represent two different "models of integration".

The Gouin by-election was won by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, of Québec solidaire, with over 69% of the vote. No surprise there. M Cormier-Denis finished seventh in the 14-person field, with, errr, somewhat less than 69%. But his message will be remembered. Wait and see.

Memo to voters in Niagara Falls, Canada

Poor Len Canayen here. Walt is out of town today. He's gone to the capital to attend the Bar Association's annual Mann Act Dinner-Dance. But he asked me to pass on a message from Agent 3 to the voters in the Ontario riding of Niagara Falls, concerning the by-election to be held on Thursday.

Agent 3 thinks the only one of the three major parties' candidates who will stand up for the ordinary people -- not special interests -- is the NDP candidate, Wayne Gates.

Walt endorses Wayne Gates. So do I. Send a message to Queen's Park. Get out and vote for Wayne.

Memo from Ed.: Walt has indeed read and endorsed this message. We have (alas) not been paid anything for posting it!