Scheer, Trudeau Trade Barbs Ahead of Debate, Amid Ontario Education Unrest

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hand with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at the start of the Defi Pierre Lavoie bicycle trek in Saguenay, Quebec, on June 14, 2018. Trudeau and Scheer, the two front-runners in the election campaign, traded barbs as they attended events in Ottawa today ahead of the leaders’ debate tonight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called his Liberal rival Justin Trudeau “disgusting” Monday morning for trying to score political points on the backs of Ontario students.

Trudeau fired back at Scheer at an event with local teachers, where he tried to highlight the ongoing tension between Ontario’s education workers and the government of Premier Doug Ford.