‘Let’s get on with the contest now’: chorus of prominent Conservatives calling for Scheer’s ouster continues to grow

But a senior Conservative source is decrying public criticism of Andrew Scheer's leadership, saying doing so will only create the kind of schisms that will set the party back and that former leader Stephen Harper worked to avoid.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and deputy leader Leona Alleslev are pictured in the West Block on Nov. 28 to announce the Conservative House leadership team.
The list of prominent Harper-era staffers calling for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to step down has continued to grow, with one ex-Conservative MP saying that among his former constituents, “there’s a feeling that if there was a time” the Conservative leader could beat Prime Minister Just...

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