Tories get leader, but not big tent party needs

Andrew Scheer may have dairy farmers and social conservatives on his side. But Canadians?
Andrew Scheer's narrow Conservative leadership victory shows a triumph of retail politics over big ideas, writes Chantal Hébert.
TORONTO—Connect the dots that led to Andrew Scheer's narrow Conservative leadership victory and what you have is a triumph of retail politics over big ideas. Stephen Harper's Conservatives lived and eventually died on the battlefield of boutique policies tailored to specific segments of the elect...

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