Hamish Marshall is no Ezra Levant

Marshall is known to some Conservatives as the ‘Nerd King,’ not a fire-breathing alt-right shock-jock. It wouldn’t hurt Andrew Scheer to air out his ex-campaign manager's involvement with The Rebel, and be done with it.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is not jeopardizing his party’s election prospects by bringing former Rebel Media corporate director Hamish Marshall, pictured, on board as his campaign chair, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's leadership campaign

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 25, 2017

OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer will not win the 2019 federal election if he espouses and advances the editorial content of Rebel Media. But he is not jeopardizing the Conservative Party’s prospects by bringing former Rebel Media corporate director Hamish Marshall on board as his campaign chair. Marshall,...

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