Liberal, Conservative campaigns ‘at war,’ Scheer ‘vigorously swinging to land a punch’ on Trudeau: pollster

It's only week two of the campaign and already the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, and the Greens have all had to drop candidates over offensive or controversial past remarks.

Clockwise from top right: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 15 during a campaign stop in Cobourg, Ont., in incumbent Kim Rudd's riding of Northumberland-Peterborough South, Ont. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured Sept. 16 at a campaign rally in Parksville, B.C., with local candidate Byron Horner. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured Sept. 14 in Ottawa Centre, Ont., where Emilie Taman is running as the party's candidate. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured Sept. 11 at her party's official campaign launch.Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 18, 2019

The Liberal and Conservative campaign teams are “at war” trying to unsettle each other, and the possible minority Parliament that could result could be dysfunctional, carrying “significant instability,” says a high-profile pollster. “The war rooms are at war with each other,” said Nik N...

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