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Our final election profile takes a look at People's Party of Canada candidate Jim Oliver.

A farmer from near the community of Riding Mountain, Oliver says the PPC offers clear and positive, Conservative-type stance on issues that the mainstream parties are not tackling.

"The big party Conservatives are really very centralist in their ideology, and I just felt inspired by (PPC leader Maxime Bernier) and his efforts over the last several years, and I felt I had an obligation to my family and my community to do my part."

Gender ideology and the environment are two big issues for Oliver.

In particular, he would like to see Canada remove themselves from international environmental treaties that he says are restricting Canadians ability to grow.

"We are taxing our citizens beyond reasonable amounts.  Mark Carney has done away with the consumer carbon tax, but that relief is temporary.  It is a matter of election strategy.  Same with Pierre (Polievre).  We have the Paris Climate accord, and we have these carbon targets that we are trying to meet over the next five years, which are unreasonable and unnecessary.  They do not benefit our country or the citizens or the economy.  We are just virtue signalling for some green movement that is irrelevant." 

Oliver says removing ourselves from the UN-Paris climate treaty would be a positive first step for agriculture, transportation, and resource-based sectors.