Scheer’s display of economic illiteracy in House debut troubling

If Scheer and the Conservative Party want to be taken seriously on the economy, and hence as a prospective government, they will have to come up with much better ideas on how to address Canada’s real economic challenges.

While Andrew Scheer made a point of highlighting the fact that he is younger than Justin Trudeau, he is the one who seems to be wedded to old ideas. This is the real problem for the Conservatives. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 5, 2017

TORONTO—It’s too early to determine whether the new Conservative leader has what it takes to lead his party to electoral victory, though the odds makers so far are skeptical. Certainly Andrew Scheer’s House of Commons debut as leader of the opposition and, presumably, the prime minister in-wa...

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