Maxime Bernier’s Twitter tirade a gift to Justin Trudeau

Maxime Bernier has been around the Canadian political game long enough to know that spawning a debate about ‘diversity’ is going to be a big kick in the groin to Andrew Scheer.

Maxime Bernier has turned identity politics into the barbed wire on a no-man’s-land the Conservative Party doesn’t want to get trapped on, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

August 15, 2018

OTTAWA—Professional tip to all Members of Parliament, but particularly the Conservative ones, if you want to have a discussion about Canadian identity: Twitter isn't the the best vehicle for you. That should seem self-evident but apparently that is not the case. Now if you want to wreak havoc, pi...

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