text: The CPC have made a grave tactical error in spreading their attack on the Government through the Khadr decision into the American press.  It's cynical to appropriate the Speer family's loss in a fundraising campaign to undercut Canada's careful preparations for the upcoming NAFTA negotiations.
  
  That's destructive spite.
  
  Andrew Scheer’s history of success in assorted votes indicates considerable political acumen.  He is likely smarter than he looks and sounds, but it grates that this “conservative” seeks to draw the level of political discourse in Canada so low.  In Scheer we see a man only too willing to ape the Trump tactic of creating electoral-success-at-all-costs, with no thought of the future.