Conservative race dull, but new leader could capitalize—if they’re smart

Maxime Bernier has been precisely the sort of candidate the Conservatives need to offset Justin Trudeau’s strengths, which means there is an excellent chance his party will reject him.
Conservative leadership candidate, from the left, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, and Michael Chong during a debate in November.
TORONTO—Boring. Drab, dull, flat, insipid, uninspiring, monotonous, prosaic, tedious, interminable. The leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada has been all these things, and so many more.  If you consult your nearest thesaurus for things that are synonymous with “boring,” like ...

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