People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will run in an upcoming byelection for a federal seat in Manitoba, Radio-Canada has learned.
Bernier, a former cabinet minister who quit the Conservative caucus in 2018 to found the party, will make an official announcement in Portage la Prairie on Friday.
The riding of Portage-Lisgar was held previously by longtime Conservative MP Candice Bergen, who served as the party’s interim leader last year and stepped down in February.
Bernier has said he was considering running for the seat, in part because it is in a rural area with a large francophone community.
Bergen easily won the riding in 2021, winning over 50
