Conservative MPs, Senators echo Scheer’s condemnation of The Rebel, but many stay silent

There’s a market for a Canadian conservative news outlet but 'only if it’s smart, sane, savvy,' says a former Conservative aide.

Clockwise from left, Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan says The Rebel ‘never represented’ her; she applauds the decision of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to stop giving interviews to the site; MP Deepak Obhrai says he has no interest in doing so, and never had; and MP Blake Richards says the site made the right decision to fire one of its contributors, but does not rule out being interviewed by The Rebel in the future. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

August 23, 2017

Conservative MPs and Senators have mostly echoed their party leader’s disavowal of The Rebel, but many have stayed silent in response to calls for Conservatives to publicly distance...

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