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Time for Scheer to get another job
By Susan Riley Nov. 18, 2019
From now until April, Andrew Scheer’s entire focus is on saving his job when it comes up for review at the party’s convention in Toronto. His public comments are aimed only to Conservatives, especially angry ones. And he seems to think the way to win their favour is to double down on Trudeau.
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results—neither humility, nor the urgent need for a different tone, nor the limited appeal of his policy offerings. On the contrary, he seems determined to lose again.
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