If he wants to win, Scheer needs to build his own brand, separate from Ford’s and Kenney’s, say political analysts

'The risk for Andrew Scheer is that the Liberals will try to connect Doug Ford to Andrew Scheer and then try to connect that to hidden agenda, that’s not flattering to Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives,’ says Nik Nanos, founder and chief data scientist for Nanos Research.

If Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to become the next prime minister, he needs to build his own strong brand, say pollstersThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 17, 2019

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will have to build his own strong brand to win the October election as perception about his close association with Ontario Premier Doug Ford could prove to be politically risky and could drag down the federal Conservatives in the upcoming federal campaign, say polls...

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