SCHEER OUSTS BERNIER FROM SHADOW CABINET

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has has removed Quebec MP Maxime Bernier from his role as the party’s innovation critic. A senior Conservative source tells The Canadian Press Scheer made the decision after finding out Monday that Bernier had posted to his personal website a chapter on supply management that is part of his forthcoming book. “He made a commitment to the leader and to caucus that he would no longer promote his book and he mislead the leader and the caucus,” said the source.