Liberal Party strategists have started their 2019 campaign preparations in earnest, focusing their energies on Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and their plan to aggressively brand him as "Stephen Harper 2.0" ahead of the next election. Liberal campaign strategists will try to brand Scheer as a man following in former prime minister Stephen Harper's footsteps ahead of the next election. He hasn't told us, in any way, how he would differentiate himself from Stephen Harper and until he does that, I think Canadians have every reason to worry about Stephen Harper part two." "Andrew Scheer has to answer to Canadians why he's following the same recipe as Stephen Harper." The Tories also have nominated well over 100 candidates for the next election campaign, while only 26 Liberals have so far been named as candidates.

Source: CBC News September 13, 2018 17:33 UTC