Bernier had months to secure the vote required to propel him to the top. He did not put in the leg work in the final weeks and he made sloppy mistakes, including a botched effort in his final speech the night before the vote. This, and the required leap of faith of his libertarianism, left voters sceptical from the first and subsequent rounds of the vote.

Bernier was not exactly lighting the fire of enthusiasm. I think it is telling that Party members from his own province did not rally behind him. He can raise a fuss all he wishes but there is no getting around this fact. He does not have the support to divide the Party which would also not be tolerated within the Party. He would be also undermining Scheer who had nothing to do with this issue. He would become, more than less, what he is complaining about, and that would be his demise. He has had his run. He should bow out gracefully.