By avoiding risks, Scheer is taking a risk

Andrew Scheer should heed the words of Harry Truman who once advised, 'Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.'
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on June 17, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa reacting to the Liberal government's announcement confirming its commitment to go forward with building the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—If he were judged solely by his recent actions, you’d have to say Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is an extremist, and that the only thing he’s actually extreme about is caution. In other words, Scheer is what I’d call an “arch-cautionist.” He doesn’t like to t...

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