Conservatives get tangled in anti-vaxxers’ web

But by associating with these extremists, Tory appeal to ordinary Canadians is diminished. Short-term gain for long-term pain.

Conservatives have thrown their support behind the anti-vaxx truckers including former leader Andrew Scheer, deputy leader Candice Bergen, leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis, and outspoken critics Pierre Poilievre.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handout

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

January 31, 2022

OTTAWA—Hundreds of anti-vaxx truckers descended on Ottawa on Saturday and the longer the convoy actually goes on, the more the Conservatives seem to be tangled in the anti-vaccination web. Now even the New Democrats have been embroiled in the drama after the brother–in-law of NDP Leader Jagmeet...

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