With the federal election quickly approaching, another party leader made a stop in Windsor to support his local candidates.

The People's Party of Canada's founder and leader Maxime Bernier sat down to speak with AM800's Peter Langille on the Afternoon News.

The former Conservative says it's time for a smaller government that listens to the people's concerns and puts Canada first.

He says balancing the budget is priority one.

"We want to balance the budget as soon as possible. We think that it is irresponsible to have huge deficits like that. It's irresponsible for the future generation, it's unfair for them. We will balance the budget in two years and after that we'll lower taxes for every Canadian."

People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier speaks in Windsor on September 30, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Zander Broeckel)

Bernier says momentum has been growing since he started the PPC about a year ago.

"We are making history right now. We are the fastest growing political party in Canadian history. So we are building a new political party with our membership. We have more than 41,000 members. That's more than the Green Party after 35 years. They have only 19,000 members."

He says those who call him a climate change denier are wrong.

"The climate is always changing. What I don't believe, I don't believe that there's climate emergency. That's the difference. We can't build public policies on panic. We must build public policies on reason, on facts and I'm asking the scientists to do more research."