And honestly, no one should need outside help to raise questions about Bernier’s various, shall we say, unconventional candidates. “It is legal for parties to hire outside firms to assist with political campaigns,” the Globe notes. Who cares whether in-house opposition research or a contractor digs up the dirt that gets flung around the campaign trail? But undecided voters may see a would-be prime minister failing to answer dead-simple yes-or-no questions for no discernible reason — failing, even, to explain why he won’t answer. The other option, of course, is that there’s something very very nasty waiting to be unearthed in this alleged business relationship.

Source: National Post October 20, 2019 16:41 UTC