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Hamish Marshall, left, a former Rebel Media director, has been tapped by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to head the party's 2019 election campaign efforts. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's leadership campaign, The Hill Times photography by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

September 2, 2019

HALIFAX—Canada’s Hard Right understands that anger is the new mother’s milk of politics—well-financed anger. An angry person is a person you can enlist and manipulate more easily. Anger is the favourite motivator of the Conservative Party of Canada, and its supporting entities like Rebel Me...

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