Scheer Resigning as Conservative Leader

Scheer Resigning as Conservative Leader
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer responds to a question during a campaign stop in Fredericton on Oct. 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer is stepping down as the leader of the Conservative Party as soon as a successor can be chosen.

Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party had been the honour of his life but that he could not commit to giving the Conservatives 100 per cent any longer.