Does the next Conservative leader need to be seen as at least a little “progressive” on some issues? This is one question now plaguing Conservatives in their hunt for a new leader to replace Andrew Scheer … although it’s one Scheer appears to have already answered. What Conservatives should have garnered from the 2019 federal election is that Scheer is a social conservative, was generally considered likeable and, as it turned out, largely viewed as unelectable because of what he was perceived to stand for. Sure, the narrative that’s since emerged was that Scheer was “untrustworthy” and “unlikeable” because of his insurance broker’s resume and dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship. And the post-election story of his children’s private school tuition paid with party funds widely circulated in what very much seemed part of an effort to force his leadership resignation is now guiding this narrative.