First-time candidate to run for People’s Party of Canada

By Sam Leishman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 25, 2025.

Community values, individual freedom and fiscal responsibility are top priorities for Lethbridge’s People’s Party of Canada (PPC) candidate.
Clara Piedalue is a single parent who has raised her family in the city for the past 17 years. She has worked as a business broker for nearly a decade, and says she’s witnessed first-hand the impact that federal Liberal policies have had on local businesses.
The election campaign, called Sunday for April 28 by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will be Piedalue’s first. She says there will certainly be a steep learning curve for her, but the classical conservative principles of the PPC are what motivated her to fight for change.
“Their platform of completely eliminating the carbon tax throughout the entire supply chain is the right way to go,” Piedalue told the Herald. “We’re so overtaxed that it’s really stifled innovation, not only for businesses but also for farmers. We’re also told how we can do business and where we can sell our goods, and I don’t believe in that. Why shouldn’t I be allowed to sell my products to Saskatchewan or Quebec or Ontario, instead of being forced to choose to sell to either the United States or internationally?”
Immigration is another top concern for Piedalue, stating that she firmly believes in the PPC’s platform of pausing unnecessary immigration, as well as deporting criminals and others living in Canada illegally.
“Everyone should have a country that’s free where they can have a good life, support their family, and have access to clean water, food and shelter. These are all fundamental human rights, but Canada has a lot of problems right now. I don’t know that it’s the right idea to be continuing to have mass immigration when we’re kind of in a sinking ship. Let’s get our ship in order and then look at immigration again.”
Piedalue adds that properly addressing both the carbon tax and immigration could improve the quality of life for Lethbridge’s seniors, too.
Recognizing just how difficult it is for older generations to make ends meet at the moment, Piedalue says she’s committed to helping eliminate the tax to reduce the cost of living and pause immigration to significantly reduce rent prices.
“They are the ones who built our country and built our economy to where it is today and they need to be honoured,” says Piedalue. “Seniors are definitely a big part of my heart.”
The PPC was formed in 2018 by current leader Maxime Bernier after he stepped away from the Conservative Party of Canada, claiming that it was “too intellectually and morally corrupt to reform.”
According to the PPC website, the party envisions a future where the federal government puts Canadians first, rather than the interests of other countries and international organizations.

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