Quotes from Maxime Bernier

People like authenticity and I think I have the courage of my convictions and am authentic.

I have said many times that racist and bigots are not welcome in our party... The journalists who don't want to recognize this and keep coming back with questions of bigotry can just take a hike.

I want to get rid of corporate welfare.

We cannot be the welfare state of the planet.

I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.

I want to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and not defined by their race.

Growth and progress depend on more economic freedom.

I hope that more Canadians will become interested in in how the inflation rate target affects our purchasing power, our standard of living and therefore our life.

Some taxes are really dumb.

In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.

I aim to create a federal government which respects the constitution, which respects taxpayers.

When you have more competition, you have better products and lower prices.

If you believe in free markets, I don't want to make any compromise with my principles and I think that's the right policy for Canadians and for Canadian consumers.

If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.

We need new technology to fight climate change and that will come from the private sector.

We want the private sector to be able to invest. The private sector works quite well.

For me, I don't have to defend myself that I am not a racist. I won't go in that discussion.

Diversity, it is good. This country has been built by diversity. But diversity in sharing of values? For me, it's not good.

You can save a lot of money when you have responsible and bold policies that are in line with our principles, and we are telling the truth to Canadians.

People are fed up of politicians who say one thing one day and another the day after.

I know many Canadians are fed up with the traditional way of doing politics.

I believe in people, and you don't need to be a feminist for that.

I agree that we need to have real temporary foreign workers, who are working in the fields, picking fruits.

My party will do nothing on climate change because environment, it's a shared jurisdiction, and provinces, they have programs for that, and so I'll let provinces decide what they're going to do to fight climate change.