Scheer is picking up points by keeping his head down

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is taking a page from Napoleon Bonaparte, who said: ‘never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.’

Part of Scheer’s strategy at the moment appears to be staying out of trouble—something his opponents haven’t been doing, writes strategist Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 21, 2018

OTTAWA—Maybe being bland isn’t such a bad thing in politics after all. Who needs flashy socks anyway? Apparently not Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, who seems to be having an easier time of it these days than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh. While Trudeau t...

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