Conservative MP Peter Van Loan talks with reporters during a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, June 19, 2015. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

TORONTO —Despite some high profile Conservative MPs being prone to freelancing on party policies, Peter Van Loan says they’re more united than ever.

Late Sunday failed leadership contestant Maxime Bernier released a tweet stream questioning Canada’s approach to diversity. The tweets are the latest in a semi-regular habit of his to buck the party line or stir the pot. This time it comes on the heels of his colleague Michelle Rempel’s public accusation of sexism within Tory ranks.

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Van Loan, the former House leader under the Stephen Harper, is retiring in September after a lengthy career on Parliament Hill. While he hadn’t seen Bernier’s latest social media missives, he maintained their is no daylight between the Conservative caucus and its leader Andrew Scheer.

“It’s incredibly unified right now,” Van Loan told iPolitics while visiting Queen’s Park in Toronto.

“I just don’t see any tension,” he added. “I think people are happy, I think he’s hitting all the right notes — Scheer is — on all the major issues.”

Bernier has taken heat from within and outside his caucus since posting the tweets. He said the point of them was to raise concerns about “more diversity” in Canada.

He believes promoting too much diversity could have the effect of dividing Canada into ‘little tribes’ that cause division, erode Canada’s identity and destroy what makes it a great country.

[READ MORE: Rempel accuses Conservative colleagues of sexism over immigration policy]

Bernier, who narrowly lost the leadership of the Conservative party last year, has been a vocal critic not only of the Trudeau government, but of his own party’s position on supply management and was stripped of his role as an opposition critic in June.

In his latest tweet, Bernier said, “Something infinitely diverse has no core identity and ceases to exist.”

A statement released from Scheer’s spokesperson didn’t directly address the tweets, but said the party will “recognize and celebrate the contributions made to Canada from people from diverse backgrounds.”

Nothing to see here though, said Van Loan.

“This is as unified as Conservative caucuses get, it’s a very happy family.”

With files from the Canadian Press.

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