 His controversial views were not well known in the 1960s and 1970s, since he published his opinions under the pseudonym Christof Friedrich.At the time, he was also an organizer among immigrants for the Ralliement des créditistes, Quebec's Social Credit party.In 1968, he joined the Liberal Party of Canada and ran in that year's Liberal leadership convention under the anglicised name Ernest Zundel as a self-described "nuisance candidate", running on an "immigrant rights" platform.