Conservatives have ‘brand problem’ among female voters, pin hopes on Scheer, star women MPs to reverse trend

Despite Justin Trudeau’s feminist rhetoric, pollster Greg Lyle pins the polling gap on the Conservatives.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, Conservative House leader Candice Bergen, and Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt are among the most high-profile members of Andrew Scheer's Conservative caucus, and may be part of the solution to its polling woes among women, say Conservative insiders. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew meade, file photographThe Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

December 11, 2017

The Conservatives continue to trail badly among women and have what one pollster is calling a “gender issue," despite pulling nearly even with the federal Liberals among male voters in polls over the last few months. Weekly p...

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