Scheer promises to clear veterans benefits backlog if elected | CBC News

Andrew Scheer made a slew of promises to veterans on Sunday morning, including that a Conservative government would deal with the backlog of veterans benefits applications within two years. 
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Why Andrew Scheer’s campaign platform sounds so … familiar | CBC News

Andrew Scheer’s pitch to Canadians in 2019 reads an awful lot like the proposals his old boss Stephen Harper used to great effect in past elections. But if the Conservative leader is campaigning to keep his party’s base intact, will that be enough to put him over the top?
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Andrew Scheer slams ‘terrible’ Liberal approach to safe injection sites | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said the Liberal government’s approach to the opioid crisis — allowing for more safe injection sites nationwide — is “terrible,” but he won’t yet say how a Tory government led by him would tackle a drug problem that has claimed thousands of lives.
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Scheer pledges to make mortgages longer, remove stress test for renewals – BNN Bloomberg

Scheer pledges to make mortgages longer, remove stress test for renewals – BNN Bloomberg
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Scheer says he’d fast-track pipeline challenges straight to Supreme Court | CBC News

A Conservative government would overcome legal objections to building new petroleum pipelines by fast-tracking any cases right to the Supreme Court, party leader Andrew Scheer says.
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Andrew Scheer promises to make EI maternity, parental benefits tax-free | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says that, if his party forms the next federal government, he’ll make Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for new parents tax-free to ease the cost of raising a child in Canada.
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