Maxime Bernier

I'm very different from other politicians.

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.

You know, I'm a free market politician and I think I'm the only one who worked for think-tanks like the Montreal Economic Institute.

I may be a dreamer, but I think monetary economics should be a hot topic.

Monetary policy is one of the most difficult topics in economics. But also, I believe, a topic of absolutely crucial importance for our prosperity.

I talk about economic freedom. I talk about capitalism without fearing the word.

A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth.

Prosperity has nothing to do with the quantity of money that we have in our pockets, but rather with the quantity of goods that we can buy.

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.

I'm a kind of an entrepreneur.

They call me the Albertan of Quebec. It stuck.

I think here in Beauce, people are very honest. And they don't like a politician that will say something one day and the opposite the other day.