Conservatives vulnerable to intolerance attacks, and ‘clumsy’ Cooper episode feeds into perceptions, say strategists, pollster

Stripping Conservative MP Michael Cooper of his deputy critic role would have sent a stronger message, says Tim Powers.

Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee after quoting a terrorist's manifesto during a meeting May 28, but he remains the party’s deputy critic on the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 12, 2019

Episodes like Conservative MP Michael Cooper’s “clumsy” and “insensitive” choice to read from the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto feeds into peoples’ “worst perceptions about the party” and opens Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer up to attacks,...

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