The problem with Scheer’s passive conservatism

Whoever leads the Conservative Party needs to display a little bit of swagger and a whole lot of toughness.

Ever since he came up short in the 2019 federal election, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured arriving at the English-language televised leadership debate on Oct. 7, 2019, has been taking an awful lot of heat, which is too bad because, after all, he’s really such a nice guy, writes Gerry Nicholls.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

November 4, 2019

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Ever since he came up short in the 2019 federal election, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has been taking an awful lot of heat, which is too bad because, after all, he’s really such a nice guy. But then again, it’s his amiability which likely cost the Conservatives a vi...

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