Leadership Rivals: Bernier and Nail-Biting Process

leadership rivals: Bernier had led throughout the previous 12 ballots, but finished a close second with 49.05 per cent, according to The Chronicle Herald. What a campaign this has been, Scheer told the crowd as he acknowledged and thanked Bernier who appeared to be fighting back tears of disappointment and his other leadership rivals for their efforts and hard work. The nail-biting process of winnowing the 13-candidate field went the full distance before Scheer, 38, was declared the winner with 50.95 per cent of the available points, barely besting longtime front-runner Maxime Bernier. Time away from your families and your everyday lives what a sacrifice this has been for all of you, he said as the crowd chanted his first name. Bernier is a longtime Quebec member of Parliament, but support in his home province wasn't a sure thing, given his profuse opposition to the supply management system that regulates some of the province's most lucrative agricultural industries. We have all grown because of your hard work ... you have each brought your passion and what you believe in to the centre stage, and I plan to ensure the very best of those ideas are brought forward ... to help us win in 2019. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.