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People’s Party of Canada releases audited financial report ahead of election call

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They’re a small party with big ambitions and not much to hide apparently.  In the lead up to an expected election call Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada has released a few highlights from the party’s 2020 audited financial report.  This short read sheds some interesting light.  For example, leader Maxime Bernier has disclosed that he’s taking a salary of just over $100,000.  Would be nice to see the same from Canada’s major parties.

From a release of the People’s Party of Canada

The People’s Party of Canada recently filed its 2020 audited financial report with Elections Canada, in accordance with regulations. That report covers the 12-month period between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

We would like to highlight the main items in this report so that you aware of the Party’s financial situation as a member, dedicated volunteer, supporter, or as a donor or potential donor. You can read the full report here.

REVENUES

In 2020, the Party raised $963,059 in donations and $64,407 in membership fees. After adding transfers and interest income, total revenues for 2020 amounted to $1,146,607.

SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL FEES

The Party’s main item of expenses in 2020 was salaries and benefits, at $395,690. The Party’s had four full-time employees at the beginning of the year and six at the end of the year, including the Leader. Mr. Bernier did not receive any salary or compensation from the Party in 2018 and 2019, as he was then receiving a salary as a Member of Parliament. He only started receiving a salary at the beginning of 2020 and his salary for the year was $104,000.

Contrary to other parties, the Party did not apply for the federal government’s COVID-19 wage subsidy program. The Party also paid $73,428 in professional fees to non-staffers.

LAWYER FEES

The Party spent $61,366 in legal fees in 2020 to defend itself in various lawsuits launched against it. The costs of the current defamation lawsuit against Warren Kinsella are not paid by the Party but by Mr. Bernier himself.

VARIOUS EXPENSES

In 2020, the Party also spent the following amounts on:

  • Advertising = $45,226
  • Travel = $32,454
  • Office supply = $29,301
  • Database = $40,382
  • Telecommunications = $7,182
  • Interest and bank charges = $28,338
  • Rent = $19,284

The Party transferred $42,280 to candidates for the October 2020 by-elections in Toronto Centre and York Centre.

Note that following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in order to reduce costs during these uncertain times, the Party closed its Gatineau office in June 2020 and only reopened one in Ottawa in July 2021 in preparation for the general election. All staffers worked remotely during that period.

SURPLUS

The Party manages its finances in a responsible manner, did not borrow any money to run its election campaign in the fall of 2019, and does not have any debt. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we finished the year 2020 with $431,635 in cash and cash equivalents. This will serve as a cushion for the snap election expected in the fall of 2021.

CONCLUSION

Running a party necessitates the work of thousands of volunteers, but also involves unavoidable costs. We are proud of what has been accomplished by the People’s Party of Canada so far and we thank the generous donors who made it possible. If you want to help the Party be better financially prepared to sell its bold Canada First platform and fight for Freedom, Responsibility, Fairness and Respect in the next election, please donate here.

Many thanks,
The PPC Team
August 11, 2021

After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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2025 Federal Election

Former WEF insider accuses Mark Carney of using fear tactics to usher globalism into Canada

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By Clare Marie Merkowsky

Former WEF member Desiree Fixler is warning Canadians that Mark Carney is using fear to manipulate citizens to gain power and that his ideas will destroy the economy.

World Economic Forum banker turned whistleblower Desiree Fixler is warning that Mark Carney is using fear tactics to gain control over Canada and usher in globalism.

In an April 12 interview with Canadian YouTuber Jasmin Laine, Fixler – who served as a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council on Responsible Investing – warned that Carney seeks to send Canada down a path of totalitarianism and economic decline.

‘Fear wins votes’

In the interview, Fixler said that Carney’s tactic involves amplifying or fear-mongering manufactured crises, like the claim that “there is a climate catastrophe,” not because he wants to safeguard citizens, but because he wants to “win some votes” and expand his globalist vision.

Similarly, she argued that Carney uses potentially real crises, like the Canada-U.S. trade war, to explain the economic decline in Canada. This shift the blame from the Liberal policies of the past ten years to U.S. President Donald Trump and allows Carney to not just avoid responsibility for policies he supported being destructive, but also to position himself as the solution to the problem.

“The government has a lot of control in the media and so a message is being put out that there is this climate catastrophe and then lo and behold Mark Carney is there to say… ‘I can save everything,’” Fixler warned.

Carney is not working for Canadians

Since his appearance on the political stage, many have pointed out that Carney’s extensive work for the UN and WEF have made him more of a global player than an advocate for Canada, particularly regarding his advocacy for net-zero emissions.

At the same time, Carney argues that his globalist portfolio will benefit Canadians. Fixler, however, warned that Carney’s radical climate policies will send Canada down the same declining path as other European countries.

“You just look at the U.K., you just look at Germany, and you can see in particular Germany is likely going on its third year of a shrinking economy largely because of net zero,” Fixler explained, referring to the globalist policy of pursuing “net zero” carbon emissions.

Despite Canada’s vast natural resources, Carney has made it clear that, if elected, he will maintain the goal of eventually reaching “net zero.” Fixler also noted that Carney spearheads the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) which effectively “bullies the world into adopting net zero.”

“If you’re aligned to net zero, if you have a ban on further fossil fuel drilling right, and further pipelines, there is no way,” Fixler said. “You’re going down one path, and that’s the path of unaffordable energy and that is a path of a shrinking economy.”

Fixler further argued that Carney is not only misleading Canadians but deliberately lying about the effects of a net-zero emissions scheme. She questioned how Canada’s economy could grow when the Liberals’ Bill C-69 is restricting the production of pipelines to carry Canadian oil and gas.

“These are national assets,” she said. “The people of Canada own it, and the people of Canada should decide whether or not they want access to affordable energy, and they want to grow their economy.”

Fixler referred to Carney’s scheme as “authoritarian government theft,” warning it will send Canada down the same economic decline as Europe.

“Europe and the UK is definitely moving in the wrong direction, and I firmly believe that Mark Carney will do the same for Canada,” she emphasized. “Not only will he further economic policies that shrink the economy, but he will move again to silence dissent and increase censorship.”

Fixler, who was herself a member of the WEF, revealed that globalists are indifferent to how their policies affect the common person.

As evidence for this, Fixler recalled a situation in which she brought up the increasing cost of living at a WEF meeting, which resulted in “someone firing right back at me and saying like, ‘Desiree, why do you care? You can afford that.’”

Fixler said that for Canada to stave off Carney’s vision, citizens just need to “revert back to common sense” and call out what is “dumb.”

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2025 Federal Election

Police Associations Endorse Conservatives. Poilievre Will Shut Down Tent Cities

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From Conservative Party Communications

Under the Lost Liberal decade, homelessness has surged by 20% since 2018 and chronic homelessness has spiked 38%. In cities like Nanaimo, Victoria and London, the number of people living in tents and makeshift shelters has exploded. In Toronto alone, there were 82 encampments in early 2023—now there are over 200, with an estimated 1,400 in Ontario.

Yesterday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre received the endorsement of the Toronto Police Association, the largest single association of its kind in Canada, representing approximately 8,000 civilian and uniformed members.

This follows the endorsement by the police associations of Durham, Peel, Barrie, and Sault Ste. Marie of the Conservative plan to stop the crime and keep Canadians safe, after the Liberal government’s easy bail and soft-on-crime policies unleashed a wave of violent crime.

“These men and women put their lives on the line every day to keep our streets safe,” Poilievre said. “Our Conservative team is honoured to have their support and will back them up with laws to help them protect all Canadians.”

Poilievre also announced that a new Conservative government will ensure that police have the legal power to remove dangerous encampments to end the homelessness and the mental health and addiction crisis that has trapped thousands in dangerous tent cities and make life unsafe for law-abiding Canadians who live near them.

“Parks where children played are now littered with needles. Small businesses are boarded up and whole blocks of storefronts are shuttered because their owners can’t afford to deal with constant break-ins and vandalism,” Pierre Poilievre said. “Public spaces belong to everyone, but law-abiding citizens, especially families and seniors, are being pushed out to accommodate chaos and violence.”

Canadian cities have a mixed record of dealing with encampments in public places, with some not acting because they don’t believe they have the legal authority to remove the camps. Conservatives will work with provinces and ensure law enforcement has the clear legal tools they need to remove encampments and give Canadians back the safe streets and public spaces they deserve.

A Poilievre-led government will do this by reversing the Liberals’ radical pro-drug policies and by:

  • Amending the Criminal Code to give police the tools to charge individuals when they endanger public safety or discourage the public from using, moving through, or otherwise accessing public spaces by setting up temporary structures, including tents.
  • Clarifying in law that police can dismantle illegal encampments and ensure individuals living in them who need help are connected with housing, addiction treatment, and mental health services.
  • Giving judges the power to order people charged for illegally occupying public spaces with a temporary structure and simple possession of illegal drugs to mandatory drug treatment.
  • Returning to a housing first approach to homelessness, ensuring people get off the streets into a stable place to live with the support they need to rebuild their lives.

Under the Lost Liberal decade, homelessness has surged by 20% since 2018 and chronic homelessness has spiked 38%. In cities like NanaimoVictoria and London, the number of people living in tents and makeshift shelters has exploded. In Toronto alone, there were 82 encampments in early 2023—now there are over 200, with an estimated 1,400 in Ontario.

These encampments are a direct result of radical Liberal policies such as drug decriminalization and unsafe supply. They are extremely dangerous for the people trapped in them, who endure overdoses, assaults, including sexual assaults, human trafficking, and even homicide, as well as the community around them.

Under the Poilievre plan, tent cities will no longer be an option—but recovery will be. Conservatives will give law enforcement the tools they need to help clean up our streets, deal with chronic offenders, and provide truly compassionate recovery and treatment where it is needed.

“Instead of getting people the help they need, the Liberals abandoned our communities to chaos,” Poilievre said. “Leaving people trapped by their addictions to live outdoors through Canadian winters, sick, malnourished, cold, wet and vulnerable is the furthest thing from compassionate.”

A Conservative government will also overhaul the Liberals’ dangerous pro-drug policies that have led to over 50,000 overdose deaths over the Lost Liberal Decade. Instead of flooding our streets with taxpayer-funded hard drugs, we will invest in recovery to break the cycle of despair and offer real hope.

Conservatives will allow judges to sentence offenders to mandatory treatment for addiction, and we will fund 50,000 addiction treatment spaces, ensuring that those struggling with substance use get the support they need to recover—because real compassion means helping people get better, not enabling their suffering.

In addition to these measures, Poilievre has a plan to end the soft-on-crime approach of the Lost Liberal Decade, end the chaos, and restore order and safety across Canada:​

  • Three-Strikes-and-You’re-Out Law: Individuals convicted of three serious offences will face a minimum prison term of 10 years and up to a life sentence, with no eligibility for bail, probation, parole, or house arrest.
  • Mandatory Life Sentences: Life imprisonment for those convicted of five or more counts of human trafficking, importing or exporting ten or more illegal firearms, or trafficking fentanyl.
  • Repeal of Bill C-75: Ending the Liberals’ catch-and-release policies to restore jail, not bail, for repeat violent offenders.
  • New Offense for Intimate Partner Assault: Creation of a specific offense for assault of an intimate partner, with the strictest bail conditions for those accused, and ensuring that murder of an intimate partner, one’s own child, or a partner’s child is treated as first-degree murder.
  • Consecutive Sentences for Repeat Violent Offenders: So there will no longer be sentencing discounts for multiple murderers.

Canadians can’t afford a fourth Liberal term of rising crime and chaos in our streets. We need a new Conservative government that will end the chaos, restore order on our streets and bring our loved ones home drug-free.

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