Andrew Scheer

Stephen Maher: What is the Conservatives’ position on electric vehicles? The answer is unclear and it says a lot about the choices on offer in this election.

Election Image of the Day: The Tory leader looked a bit brittle after Wednesday’s French-language debate—and never mind the blowhard memes posted by his party

Paul Wells: Elections sometimes give us a chance to improve government. But it requires someone to step up with a compelling project or reason to be optimistic.

This campaign isn’t being fought in bedrock Conservative Canada. If you’re a right-leaning voter in a safe riding, don’t expect a bus to roll up near you.

Election Image of the Day: While the other federal leaders marched with climate change protesters, the Tory leader unhatched his plan to widen roads—which he said would cut emissions (it won’t) and reduce commuter idling (it won’t)

Election Image of the Day: A comically contrived photo-op reflects the state of the campaign: reduced to scripted platitudes about the middle class

Nothing reveals our nosy, prurient and gossipy sides like a hit parade of search-engine queries

It should be easy to look prime ministerial when the Prime Minister isn’t at the debate. But Scheer couldn’t quite pull it off.

This election demands a candidate who can rise up to these challenging times of trade wars, global instability and public-health crisis. The odds aren’t looking good.

Andrew MacDougall: The deck has been stacked. All the more reason for Conservatives to stick to their campaign script—helping ordinary Canadians get ahead.