Bernier’s diversity rant adds to Scheer’s headaches

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will have to decide whether to discipline a member of his caucus who, in some circles, is more popular than he is, writes Chantal Hébert.

Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, left, lost to party Leader Andrew Scheer, right, by a slim margin in the 2017 leadership contest. Since then he has publicly contradicted the party's stance under Mr. Scheer on supply management and multiculturalism. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

August 20, 2018

OTTAWA—One week before the first Conservative national convention on Andrew Scheer’s leadership watch—and the last such gathering before the next federal election—one would not normally expect Conservative MPs to be debating each other on social media about whethe...

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