Conservative MP Maxime Bernier is calling out his party for “telling [him] to shut up” after he made his views on multiculturalism clear on Twitter.

In a series of tweets earlier this month, Bernier said the Liberal government was stoking “extreme multiculturalism” in Canadians, which would hurt the country’s unity going forward.

“Having people live among us who reject basic Western values such as freedom, equality, tolerance and openness doesn’t make us strong,” read one of Bernier’s first tweets on the issue. “People who refuse to integrate into our society and want to live apart in their ghetto doesn’t make our society strong.”

After pressure from members in his own party, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was quick to call out Bernier for his statements, telling reporters “[Bernier] is speaking for himself.”

After it was announced the Conservatives would be releasing their platform on immigration, Bernier returned to Twitter to further criticize party leadership.

“So, after disavowing me last week for raising the issue and telling me to shut up, my colleagues have just realized that this is something Canadians find important and want to hear about?” his latest tweet read. “Great example of strong leadership!”

So, after disavowing me last week for raising the issue and telling me to shut up, my colleagues have just realized that this is something Canadians find important and want to hear about? Great example of strong leadership! https://t.co/xQGre0rRQd — Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 22, 2018

At the press conference last week, Scheer said he would not discuss internal party issues, but said any decision about removing Bernier from caucus would have to be made as a team.

“I’m not going to get into internal caucus dynamics. Those are things we decided as a team, as a caucus, as Parliamentarians,” Scheer continued. “As I said, there is that expectation that we work towards the same goal.”

The Conservative caucus is meeting in Halifax for the next few days.

More to come…

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