People香蕉视频直播檚 Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier says fewer immigrants coming to Vancouver and Toronto would mean less pressure on the housing market in these cities. He was extremely well received inside the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel ballroom in Surrey, where he spoke Wednesday morning and received standing ovations.

Out in the hallway, on the other side of locked doors, protesters hollered their discontent.

Bernier said 41 per cent of immigrants settle in Vancouver and Toronto.

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Inside, Bernier called for Canada to allow 150,000 immigrants in per year, instead of 310,000.

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Eight protesters outside Sheraton hotel in Guildford voicing opposition to People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier speaking there today. Isabel Krupp and Dave Diewert explain why.

香蕉视频直播� Tom Zytaruk (@tomzytaruk)

Full house here at Sheraton hotel ballroom in Surrey to hear Maxime Bernier speak this morning at townhall meeting organized by Surrey Board of Trade, which has security on hand.

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Maxime Bernier on protesters hollering at him in Surrey today#surreybc

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It was a full house inside the hotel香蕉视频直播檚 ballroom, with security guards on hand and RCMP in the hallway.

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He added that his political party is the fastest-growing in the country.

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If elected, Bernier said, his party would end corporate welfare, and abolish capital tax.

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The Surrey series has already heard from Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, in February, Green Party leader Elizabeth May in April and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in August.

SBoT CEO Anita Huberman said the business group also had security when NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh came to Surrey for the town hall series.

Huberman said Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has not yet been scheduled to speak.

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