Social conservatives have chosen, and it’s Andrew Scheer and his perma-smirk

Mr. Free Speech seems only in favour of free speech for those with whom he agrees.
Andrew Scheer, the Conservative Party of Canada's new leader, gives his victory speech to party faithful in Toronto on May 27.
TORONTO—Smirk. The economy. Justin Trudeau. Free speech. His deceased mother. ISIS. On every subject, no matter how sad or serious, Andrew Scheer would smirk. It was, well, weird. His rictus was so off-putting, we started to forget what he was actually saying. Which, for him, was pretty fortuna...

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