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Ex-MP Scott Armstrong on his new life as an unelected Conservative critic and staffer

'Without any opposition members for any party [in Atlantic Canada], we have to make sure we have the apparatus in place to get the word out and get an effective opposition to what the government’s doing in the region.'

Though he's no longer an MP, Scott Armstrong has been serving as the Conservative critic for Atlantic issues, splitting his time between the region and Ottawa. 'My car is my office,' he says.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 20, 2016

With the Conservatives wiped off the electoral map in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election, defeated former Nova Scotia MP Scott Armstrong took on a unique role, joining the official opposition shadow cabinet and becoming a paid Atlantic issues adviser in the official opposition leader's...

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