The first annual People's Party of Canada rally took place in Ottawa over the weekend.

Local party representative, Phil Zajac is back in the province and said that there was a large turnout, including 200 candidates. The main topic of the event was a review and refurbishment plan of the rules and regulations surrounding Canadian veterans. The party touts their plans as created for veterans, by veterans.

Leader of the PPC, Maxime Bernier is still pushing hard to have his party participate in the Federal Leaders Debate. 

The PPC has submitted a request for review of the denial of entry. Their argument is based on the fact that their party is likely to win seats in the upcoming federal election. Zajac had this to say:

"There were two times when parties were allowed to speak previously when they didn't have a sitting candidate, they were both new parties and were allowed to speak in the debates. The other qualifying factor is the polling likelihood of candidates to succeed." 

Being that the party is likely to win seats they believe that under the law they should be able to speak at this meeting of party leaders. 

Phil went on to bring up the PPC's second argument as to why they should be allowed to partake in the debate.

"The Parti Quebecois is allowed to speak in this event even though they only have candidates in Quebec and they don't adhere and help any other parts of Canada and they are allowed to speak."

He continued on the topic of other parties and their eligibility.

"The other argument of the main issue as to why Maxime should be able to speak is that there are only two parties right now that have enough candidates registered with Elections Canada to make them qualified to speak in the national debates. In the national debates, the Progressive Conservatives and the People's Party of Canada are the only two parties that have enough candidates to participate in those events. The Liberals, NDP, and Green Party don't have enough candidates right now."

Zajac does not believe that the commission is going be able to keep the PPC out of the debate.