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Scheer tries out his Ford-Trump routine

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer showed in Halifax during the party’s weekend convention that he is convinced his only hope in 2019 is to buy into the enemy-slagging populism exploited by Donald Trump and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gives a keynote speech at the 2018 Conservative national policy convention in Halifax on Aug. 24. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
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