A 38-year-old Iroquois Falls native who moved his family back there after eleven years in Calgary is the People’s Party of Canada candidate for Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk in the federal election.
Serge Lefebvre says the biggest issues are very complex. For one, he cites COVID-19 vaccines as not safe and effective.
He also says harm is being done to kids through gender-altering surgery and puberty blockers before the age of 18.
“Prior to 18, there should be none of this happening in Canada,” he remarks. “Kids that are thinking that way usually resolves itself over time. We need to protect our kids. A society that’s healthy is protecting their kids, and this absolutely needs to happen first and foremost.”
A basic question to anyone running in the al election is why anyone should vote for them.
Lefebvre says the beliefs of the People’s Party align the most with his own.
“I’m not someone who’s going to go “go, rah, team!’, but so far, Maxime Bernier is the one, the policies that align most with what I feel makes sense for Canada.”
Here is audio of our interview and the written responses to the questionnaire we sent to all the candidates.
Tell us about yourself
I am 38 years old. I grew up in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. I have a wife and 3 young children (6,4 and 2 years old). We lived in Calgary for 11 years, but made the decision, 2 years ago, to relocate to Iroquois Falls due to the values, the community, the way of life, and proximity to family. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to reintegrate the community.
I have a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and have a thirst to understand the world around me in all of its shades and complexities, with the goal of helping change for the better. I believe a central philosophy for enacting this change is the decentralization of power.
What are you hearing when door-knocking?
I am seeing and hearing that the population is being more and more divided by our governments and media. It’s obvious that practically everyone deeply cares about our kids, our community, and their future, regardless of their stance. People are good at heart, and they want reasonable economic prospects both now and into the future. Many are tired of the general direction our governments have been taking in the last few years. From those who are more exposed to propaganda, I will often see a close-mindedness that is emotional and often impenetrable by reason or evidence. In general, however, I am seeing a shift where people are waking up to the manipulation and direction in which we are headed as a country. People are increasingly wanting to stand up and take action to try and better our world.
What is your position on Tariffs and the Trade War?
I think that, to get a better perspective on the situation, we should look at the end result of this “trade war” on the populations. As an exercise, if we ignore the rhetoric and “story” that we are being told about this “trade war”, we can see that the end result is a new 25% tax on both Canadians and Americans. Could this be a simple justification for a new tax on the average person, both in the US and in Canada? Another end result of this “trade war” is the creation of yet more division within populations, for example, when we see fans booing a national anthem at a sporting event.
That being said, my position on these topics is that the Canadian government should be using negotiation and diplomacy to its fullest extent, like governments used to do. Even if, in the worst case, those happen to be futile in the end, the result would still be better for Canadians, since we wouldn’t have this extra 25% tax imposed on goods we are buying.
What are the potential solutions to housing affordability and homelessness?
The problems we are facing here are complex, and are the result of many factors over the past years. Notably, economic policy (including interest rates and money printing), lending practices of banks, immigration policy, useless red tape, and taxes, driving up the cost of new builds.
Governments should immediately stop sending Canadian taxes to fund foreign wars, which only perpetuate human suffering, and for which the average Canadian has no stake in.
A moratorium on immigration would certainly be a good first move. This would be akin to turning off the tap of an overflowing bathtub. Even if we do this tomorrow, however, we still have the same problem on our hands, only now we aren’t actively making it worse.
The other thing that can be done, fairly quickly, is to start reducing useless red tape and taxes around new home building. This would create more ideal conditions for new builds. I think it’s ludicrous to think that government should build any number of homes to “solve” this problem, which is caused by government policy in the first place. Past experience tells me that governments are usually the worst and the most inefficient at these types of projects.
The real solutions, long-term, are to slowly get back to a spot where housing prices reflect their true value, and where inflation, due to money creation, isn’t so great as to eat away and effectively reduce everyone’s salary to near-poverty levels. This is what we’ve just witnessed taking place in the last 5 years in Canada. A group of government officials, with the help of media and corporations, frenzied the population into a panic and justified the (mostly wasted) spending of 100s of billions of dollars that they didn’t have. Your new lowered salary (due to said inflation), is now paying for that. For a real solution to this, we need to return to sound money, that is truly backed 100% by something guaranteed to hold its value, like gold for example.
What would you do about cost of living pressures in your riding?
To be realistic and honest, it isn’t clear to me just yet, what action a single MP at the federal level can and should take to improve this situation in Northern Ontario. Almost all of the PPC platform principles would impact this in a positive manner. It seems that there is so much of this power that doesn’t currently reside in the individual, and it doesn’t seem to me like it resides in a single MP, either. My first action would therefore be to find out what levers I can pull to have the greatest positive impact on the cost of living for Northern Ontarians. One idea that comes to mind is starting to remove the barriers and taxes that prevent and deter Northern Ontarians from freely trading between each other, as a community? Next, these same inter-provincial barriers and taxes should be addressed.
What do you think is the most important issue for the area and why?
Perhaps the most important issue with respect to government, is to have a government that is truly working in the interest of its population. Increasingly, it doesn’t seem to be the case in Canada.
As for a more specific issue, it is important we stop actively harming Canadians, especially the most vulnerable, our children. This is a complex and difficult issue for society to tackle, in part, due to a portion of the population either not aware that harm is taking place, or in active denial of this harm. (see www.nationalcitizensinquiry.ca for evidence of what is taking place in Canada). As a society, we need to acknowledge the reality of what took place during the last 5 years, and what is still taking place in Canada today. Only then can we move forward, and hold people accountable for their crimes and the harm that was caused.
Either way, we need to immediately stop the harm to our children. This includes all unnecessary medical treatments and procedures causing harm. As for all other medical interventions, true informed consent and parental rights need to be restored.
Why should someone vote for me?
People can vote for me if they want to have someone represent them who doesn’t believe in party politics but rather believes in attempting to solve problems through reason and understanding, as well as best available evidence. The most important thing in all of this is our children, and the world and society that we will hand off to them.
Being a father of three, this is at the forefront. For anyone who is fearful of “splitting the vote”, I believe that if everyone was to vote according to their principles, it would force the conversation and, eventually influence the actions taken by government. It’s interesting to note that, in the last election according to the numbers, the P.P.C. candidate for Timmins-James-Bay would have been elected if only 25% of non-voters had cast a vote for him.
Are there any final thoughts on any topic that you would like to share?
Since gun restrictions haven’t been mentioned in the questions, I also wanted to mention that gun restrictions and regulations were already more than sufficient back in 2019. Additional restrictions have negligible impact on actual gun-related crime and only serve to punish legal, law-abiding gun owners. There should be no additional restrictions on legal gun owners in Canada.
If you win your riding, what would you say on election night so we can have quotes ready?
My work starts now. I promise to do my best on your behalf.
