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Maverick MLA Derek Fildebrandt says he supports Conservative MP Maxime Bernier’s blasts on Canadian diversity, noting that his new provincial Freedom Conservative Party will push for Alberta to have more control over immigration.

Bernier, the Quebec MP who narrowly lost the Conservative leadership last year, has made waves over the past two weeks as he tweeted about the dangers of “extreme multiculturalism” under the Trudeau government, warning that “more diversity . . . will destroy what has made us such a great country.”

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He suggested Tuesday on Twitter that Canadian immigration levels are too high.

Fildebrandt, who backed Bernier for the Tory leadership, said Bernier’s position is “broadly accepted by the majority of Albertans and Canadians.”

“The vast majority . . . support a welcoming immigration and refugee system, but there needs to be reasonable limits to all things,” said Fildebrandt, adding that diversity is positive but must be underpinned by shared values.