There's a reason the PPC hasn't really been able to shake the label of being a protest vote - Bernier and the PPC's popularity likely stems from the fact that they're not the traditional parties that've all been in the same song and dance for years. Unfortunately, he has 2 big marks against him ever getting in - the PPC, much like the Green Party, seems to be a magnet for unhinged schizo's to run in (seriously, who vets these fucks?), and he's French-Canadian. That second one might be the thing that keeps the prairies from voting for him - yes I know the votes of Western Canada generally don't matter as far as the Fed is concerned, but the point stands.