United Party Candidate Profile: Melanie Folkema-Van Brugge

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 05:24

Melanie Folkema-Van Brugge would like to protect the sovereignty of Canada if she becomes a United Party MP for Oxford.

OXFORD COUNTY - She was born and raised in Oxford County and now she would like to become our next Member of Parliament.

Melanie Folkema-Van Brugge grew up in Beachville and moved back to the area after going to school to become a registered massage therapist. She opened Body Kinetics in Woodstock alongside her sister once she graduated, and ran that business for 10 years.

She used to be a member of the Conservative Party, but decided to make the switch to the United Party of Canada when she didn't like where the party was heading.

"I'm tired of being silenced and I'm tired of our electors not being heard when it comes to some of the things that they have as concerns. Too many times the MPs are not able to vote according to their conscience and I want to do that for my electors."

Folkema-Van Brugge says the sovereignty of Canada is at risk because the current federal government listens to un-elected individuals from the World Economic Forum (WEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations (UN) while making decisions. She adds the Conservative Party has said nothing about breaking those partnerships if they're elected.

Ensuring Canadian sovereignty is the top item listed in the United Party platform. Folkema-Van Brugge says they want to reforge the constitution, specifically The Statute of Westminster from 1931.

"The Crown actually did give to the people the sovereign right to rule and the provinces were able to do so as well. In that absence of the provinces actually being able to step into that, the federal government has used that jurisdiction."

She adds her party also fights for the sanctity of life. She says making sure that crisis pregnancy centres provide better education to expectant mothers is high on her priority list if she's elected.

"Truly give people all options and not be gagged when it comes to giving them the full truth on what their options are concerning to abortion and adoption, and be able to remove some of the red tape when it comes to that aspect of it."

With eight candidates in the running here in Oxford County, there's been some talk about the effects of splitting the vote. Folkema-Van Brugge has this response to those claims.

"There are five other candidates running as primarily conservative candidates and then the big three. So the splitting of the vote is really on them because their platforms are not what people want to actually vote into."

The federal election is scheduled for Monday, April 28th.