Is the opposition deliberately trying to alienate voters?

The Conservative motion is a fishing expedition, and, given the ongoing crisis, definitely out of season.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Conservative MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Pierre Poilievre. Is there anyone less attractive than that guy, hands in his pockets, watching a building burn to the ground while shouting non-stop criticisms of the sweating fire-fighters? 'Wrong hose! Should have gone in the back door! Why didn’t you buy taller ladders?' The federal Conservatives are turning into that guy, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

November 2, 2020

CHELSEA, QUE.—Is there anyone less attractive than that guy, hands in his pockets, watching a building burn to the ground while shouting non-stop criticisms of the sweating fire-fighters? Wrong hose! Should have gone in the back door! Why didn’t you buy taller ladders? The federal Conservatives...

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