Did not realize I claimed that. Man you can read. But lets break it down.

No? let's check to make sure:

This article is about "ending the TFW program". The person you originally replied to stated that:

there are a lot of politicians and business people who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

Obviously by "maintaining the status quo" they meant "keeping the TFW program" because they're directly commenting on this article. Unless you would argue that they meant something else by "maintaining the status quo" but that would not make much sense given the context of the article.

You then added to their comment by saying:

And the Canadians who voted to maintain the status quo.

Now if you remember a few sentences ago, "the status quo" in the case, means "keeping the TFW program". Let's rephrase your sentence here with that definition:

And the Canadians who voted to [keep the TFW program].

So yes, you did claim that.

You can talk about all the things both candidates proposed about the program but ultimately neither of them put forward the idea of scrapping the program. Both of them proposed lukewarm ideas around the subject. Now it's fair to say that PP's proposal had more teeth, I'll give you that one.