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OPINION | Conservative climate plan is cloaked in mystery, choked with irony | CBC News

It took Andrew Scheer over a year from the time he first promised a climate change plan to deliver one so cloaked in mystery and choked with irony that perhaps few would notice a subtle change.

Last April, he said without hesitation that, “of course,” his plan would allow Canada to meet its Paris commitments — commitments first made by the Harper government. Now, he’ll say only that his plan gives Canada the “best chance” to meet those targets.

I suppose he can claim his plan has a chance to meet the targets because he hasn’t defined many of the measures he’s going to take very clearly.

August 15, 2019

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Stephen Harper’s still in the game — and looking to score | rabble.ca

Eight years ago, almost to this very day, an informal gathering of
700 federal Conservative faithful was convened by then MPs Patrick Brown
and Kellie Leitch at a barbecue held at the late Toronto mayor Rob
Ford’s home.

The surprise special guest? Then p rime m inister Stephen Harper, who told of his adventures on the water with his new fishing buddy, Rob Ford, before talking party business.

“We started cleaning up the left-wing mess federally in this area,
Rob is doing it municipally and we’ve got to complete the hat trick and
do it provincially as well,” Harper, using a hockey metaphor, said to
the cheering crowd.

August 9, 2019

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Stephen Harper Heads a Global Org That Helps Get Right-Wing Parties Elected. What Will It Do for Andrew Scheer? | The Tyee

“Hi, it’s Sarah from the Conservative Party. Can the Conservative Party count on your support in the next federal election?
Reply:
Yes
No”

Harper is no longer in elected politics, but more political than ever. He has roasted the Trudeau government over its alleged animus against the West’s energy industry, claiming that it has no intention of building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that Canadians now own. He paid a “secret” visit to the White House without the courtesy of informing the Canadian government what he was doing there. And he has already penned fundraising emails for Andrew Scheer. As Alec Castonguay reported in L’actualite, Scheer rarely makes an important decision without consulting his former leader.

August 6, 2019

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Ford keeps popping up, to Conservatives’ chagrin | rabble.ca

It’s the perfect metaphor for this political summer, one that was
supposed to have Ford’s Ontario Progressive Conservative government take
a five-month furlough and stay out of the news so that Scheer and his
parliamentary contenders could safely knock on doors in the province
without having them slammed in their faces because, well, you know,
Ford.Ford, whose popularity, as measured by poll after poll, is tanking.
That, despite making appearances “for the people” all over Ontario in
his attempts to be likeable again.

He may still be smiling – a barely upturned grimace – but his eyes show fear and uncertainty.

July 26, 2019

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Citing unprecedented first-year pace, Ford government to adjourn for extra-long summer break | CBC News

The legislature normally rises in early June and resumes shortly after Labour Day, but Premier Doug Ford’s government adjourned the house until Oct. 28.

That’s after the federal election, which NDP Leader Andrea Horwath thinks is the reason for the long break.

“The way I see it either Mr. Ford wants to be available to campaign for [federal Conservative Leader] Andrew Scheer, or Andrew Scheer’s asking Doug Ford to hide under a rock during the federal campaign,” she said.

Some polls suggest that Ford is unpopular and that may be hurting Scheer’s chances in Ontario ahead of the Oct. 21 election.

June 7, 2019

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