by Ahmar Khan
September 24, 2021
The People’s Party of Canada walked away from another federal election without a seat, but the growth of the party’s popularity since the 2019 election is undeniable. That has some Black, Indigenous and people of colour feeling a level of concern about how vitriolic discussions involving race will be moving forward.
In the 2019 election, the PPC and its leader Maxime Bernier barely registered in the final vote count. But the party’s vote share has grown, from 292,703 votes and 1.6 per cent of the total in 2019 to 833,372 votes (and counting) representing a 5.1 per cent of the 2021 election. Bernier had represented the riding of Beauce in Quebec until the 2019 election. He failed to win again in 2021.
“Is this a flash in the pan moment for the PPC or is this something that they’re going to build upon? My fear is that it’s probably the latter,” said Jaskaran Sandhu, a strategist with State Strategy.
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