Shit disturbers play well in drab contests. Step forward Brad Trost

Trost is throwing haymakers wherever he can, to get his name out there. But what’s good for his brand might be bad for his party.

Conservative Party leadership contender Brad Trost has picked a fight in recent days with fellow party members Guy Giorno, a former top staffer, and Chris Warkentin, an MP.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 5, 2016

OTTAWA—Brad Trost the Conservative Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan appears to be having the time of his life in his role as menace-in-chief of the Conservative Party’s leadership race. Trost’s name may be new to many after his long years of glorious service on the Tory backbenches since...

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