TORIES DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, MAX

    Conservative MPs are expressing frustration and disappointment over colleague Maxime Bernier’s decision to release a book chapter about agriculture policy that contradicts federal Tory leader Andrew Scheer.
    Mr. Bernier’s chapter criticizing supply management – while labeling some of Mr. Scheer’s supporters as “fake Conservatives” set up by the powerful dairy lobby – has led several Conservative MPs to muse about Mr. Bernier’s future on the front benches.
    Mr. Bernier, who currently serves as the party’s innovation critic, lost by a razor-thin margin to Mr. Scheer in last May’s leadership contest. A key plank in Mr. Bernier’s leadership bid was to scrap Canada’s supply-management system, which Mr. Scheer supports.