The UN is a USELESS JOKE – Maxime Bernier Tweet Roundup! December 28th 2018

The UN is a useless joke.

L’ONU est une farce inutile. https://t.co/iPmtCeC5r4

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 27, 2018

Total of 2018 Condemnations adopted at UN General Assembly:
🇮🇱 Israel 21
🇮🇷 Iran 1
🇸🇾 Syria 1
🇰🇵 North Korea 1
🇷🇺 Russia 1
🇲🇲 Myanmar 1
🇺🇸 US 1
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇨🇳 China 0
🏴‍☠️ Hamas 0
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇸🇴 Somalia 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 26, 2018

Did I mention it? The UN is a useless joke.

Je l’ai déjà dit? L’ONU est une farce inutile. https://t.co/93yweDteXd

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 27, 2018

UN Human Rights Council members today include:
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇨🇩 Congo (DRC)
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇻🇪 Venezuela pic.twitter.com/VeAWOW7Pue

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 26, 2018

Read about how my policy proposals are upending Quebec’s and Canada’s political orthodoxy in this wide-ranging interview with the Canadian Press. https://t.co/UBONgaEGex

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 27, 2018

“No other leader with ambitions in Quebec would dare say something like that in public but for Bernier the comments perfectly captured his big gamble. He is betting there are enough alienated voters in his home province and across the country fed up with status-quo politicians.” https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 27, 2018

He proposes a drastic reduction in immigration, cutting levels by more than 40% from the Liberal government's current target of 330,000 people in 2019. "I'm the only one who is saying, 'Let's take fewer immigrants,'" he said. "We want people to integrate, we don't want ghettos." https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 27, 2018

He calls his policies "smart populism," promising to shrink the size of the federal government to such an extent that provinces would have no choice but to develop their own natural resources or find other ways of creating wealth. https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 28, 2018

“A PPC government would not use federal dollars to pay for local infrastructure projects. Ontarians shouldn't be paying for provincial roads in New Brunswick, he says.”

Or for bridges in Quebec, or water systems in Manitoba, etc.

It’s just a giant vote-buying scheme. https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 28, 2018

Another of Bernier's core principles is to make the federal equalization program less generous.

"We need to change the formula to create incentives so that other provinces develop public policies that create wealth. It's a unique vision. We are the only party promoting that." https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 28, 2018

“Cutting corporate taxes would attract more foreign investment and create jobs. Reducing regulation in the telecom industry and privatizing airports would open the door to competition and lower prices. And abolishing fed subsidies to corporations, he says, would save billions.” https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 28, 2018

“Bernier cites Quebec as a prime example, saying the province would be more open to drilling for oil on Anticosti Island or developing its shale gas resources along the St. Lawrence Valley if not for the cushion of equalization.” https://t.co/O4RfN2q83G

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 28, 2018