After two years as Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer remains something of an enigma to Canadians. He is neither greatly disliked nor greatly liked: as many had a positive view of him as negative in a recent Abacus Data poll.
But not enough of them have. If Scheer wants to close the deal, he must not only put to rest the doubts of those Liberal-Conservative switchers, but also give NDP and Green voters sufficient peace of mind to stay with their preferred parties in the face of the inevitable appeals to unite under the Liberal flag to “keep the Tories out.”
Tuesday’s speech looked like a decisive break with that.
Of course, foreign policy rarely wins Canadian elections; Scheer was mostly attempting to present his credentials as a prime minister in waiting. The later speeches in the series will be far more crucial, beginning with next week’s installment on the economy. No doubt Scheer will want to keep much in reserve here, to be revealed later in the platform. But he can use it to begin to lay out what his values are, and where his priorities lie.
Andy, the best outcome next elect cycle would be a massive minority House of Commons cuz then we get to debate issues & bring back proportional voting in Canada😉 canpoli bcpoli
Andrew Coyne cares not that both Libs and Cons have been giving away Canad's sovereignty to the United Nations for years.
This man wont change anything or very little. A centrist in wolf clothing.
Smart politics ie. Blowing smoke
Canada has to elect this man..Trudeau has destroyed so much of Canada as we had know it. Now political correctness gone amok.
SCHEERDEAU! No. Thank. You. Gooooooo MaximeBernier !!!!!
Gutless.
ScheerNonsense Andrew Coyne is so blatantly anti-Trudeau that he should hang up his journalism hat. Objectivity is required and he has none.
I am a centrist and unfortunately ee have no centrist parties. There's only way left, left, right, and way right. We need something new.
what an absolute crock!
How boring AndrewScheer and his band of Liberal CPC_HQ members are. For bold policies that actually benefit 🇨🇦 as whole, read peoplespca platform to date. MaximeBernier PPC2019
Coyne's trying hard to get that Senate seat.. he knew he wasn't getting in with Harper before the second election so Coyne had a change of heart at the last minute and begged people to vote liberal..
Mr Coyne is PR for the Conservatives in the guise of a journalist & thinks Scheer will appeal to 'centrist voters' by moving our embassy to Jerusalem & joining a U.S missile defence system? Just another reason Y many don't take the American hedge fund owned Post Media seriously
Remind us again, who is this Scheer guy?
Why not more mention of his ties to racists and the media machine of choice for domestic terrorists?
Here we go - more Scheer propaganda from Scheer’s favourite mouth piece. Nice for Coyne that he gets paid by both the Post and lil Andy every month
Isn’t it obvious that centrist views, pandering to voters, are just a vain attempt to get into office, where all false promises will be forgotten! Isn’t it about time you voted a party who doesn’t flip/flop in message content, placate to special interests? voteppc ppc2019
Unfortunately, he's funded by Globalists and will do their bidding...
So you want to replace a drama teacher pandering to the UN with an insurance broker who will continue to sell us out, just like Mulroney (Agenda 21) and Harper (Agenda 2030)? Conservatives are just quieter and sneakier. sjgarvey cdnpoli Globalism Populism
They'd be smart politics if the policies themselves had any intelligence...
Yes, he still remains an enema to most Canadians. He wants a “community of free democracies,” which appears to be pushing Harper's IDU RW, autocratic nutters. He's also making sounds like he wants in on future US wars. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem is dumb.
*snore*
Missile defence, the F-35, moving our embassy to Jerusalem? Just for starters. The guy is an idiot and that is hardly “smart politics”. cdnpoli
Like other conservatives he will lie about anything it will take to get the working class to vote for him, then he and his party will screw the working class.
Will the NP ever not shill for the CPC?
Mr Scheer - like Mr Trudeau before him - has never held a job where he had the opportunity to act on the subject matter voters might care about. We have now seen Mr Trudeau and tribe act. Only choice is to turn it over to Scheer and hope.
Moving the embassy to Jerusalem is 'center politics'?! That's a joke right?
Agreed, Scheer will bring Canada back to the center. Better governance coming this fall.