Scheer’s gotcha attacks on Trudeau’s march attendance another losing strategy

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and his team are not going to win any new support for the Conservative Party by spending time parsing the appropriateness of Trudeau attending a public march, even in a pandemic.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured in the House of Commons Chamber on April 29. With just more than two months to go before the Conservatives choose a new leader, Scheer is back in the soup again, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 10, 2020

OTTAWA—Some days I am just utterly baffled by Andrew Scheer and the way he approaches issues. For example, with just more than two months to go before the Conservatives choose a new leader, Scheer is back in the soup again. This time for going after people, including the prime minister, for attend...

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