Through hard work, he's earned the right to be leader of the Opposition until Poilievre returns to Ottawa

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The Conservative caucus announced on Wednesday that Andrew Scheer will serve as interim Opposition leader during the spring parliamentary session. It’s not only an incredible political comeback for the former party leader, but it’s also led to a hilarious amount of pearl-clutching from political critics and foes alike.

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Filling the Opposition leader’s role in the House of Commons was unavoidable.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre led the party to a solid second-place finish and its highest share of popular support (41.3 per cent) since former prime minister Brian Mulroney in 1988. Alas, he unexpectedly lost his seat in the Ontario-based riding of Carleton to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy. Conservative MP Damien Kurek has agreed to step aside from his extremely safe Alberta-based seat in Battle River-Crowfoot to trigger a byelection. The