Canadian Press: Canadian and Italian Town

canadian press: The Canadian Press By Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press Sun., May 28, 2017 Conservatives around the world have sought to shake up the political status quo in the last year, voting for Britain to leave the European Union, electing a complete political neophyte as president of the United States, according to Toronto Star. For a time, it looked like Canadian conservatives were headed down a similar path. Trudeau made the comments while visiting Amatrice, an Italian town devastated by an earthquake in August 2016. For the first 12 rounds of counting Saturday night, the leader they were poised to elect was Maxime Bernier, a Quebec MP with a libertarian bent whose policy proposals included slaying sacred cows like supply management in agriculture and federal health care funding. Scheer's campaign slogan was Scheer excitement, and there was no doubt in the aftermath of his win supporters were vibrating with just that. Read more All your Andrew Scheer questions answered Article Continued Below Andrew Scheer's got the style, but success will depend on the substance Editorial react-text 153 In his platform with boutique tax cuts, tough talk on extremism, even his release of his five key priorities, Andrew Scheer was also the candidate many saw as any echo of Stephen Harper. /react-text Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS Scheer, the man with the impish grin, will grow into his job Tim Harper Trudeau, Scheer discuss Parliament, U.S. trade in first call after Conservative leadership race react-empty 163 But in the end, the Tories couldn't bring themselves to do it, instead handing Andrew Scheer the keys to the Opposition leader's residence, giving him 50.95 per cent of the available points over Bernier's 49.05. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.