‘This was his plan all along,’ Conservative politicos slam Bernier for leaving party

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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Conservative MP Todd Doherty, and former prime minister Stephen Harper were among those who denounced MP Maxime Bernier's decision to quit the Conservative Party and pledge to start a competing party last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

August 27, 2018

Current and former Conservatives were none too pleased last week with MP Maxime Bernier's decision to leave the Conservative Party—and excoriate it in a press conference on his way out—and many took to Twitter to hit back at the one-time party leadership favourite. Conservative...

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