Andrew Scheer has finally taken action to shake up the operations after the Conservative loss in last month’s election.
The question now becomes, is it too late?
It was announced Saturday morning that Scheer had fired his chief of staff, Marc-André Leclerc, and his director of communications, Brock Harrison.
“I would like to thank Marc-André and Brock for their service to our team and to our movement over the past number of years. These decisions are never easy, especially when they involve friends,” Scheer wrote in a letter to Conservative MPs and staff.
This should have been done the day after the election or shortly thereafter to show that Scheer realized he and his team had screwed up but he was going to fix it. Instead he dithered in making changes, was slow to call candidates and supporters to thank them for their support and allowed the various groups plotting to oust him to fester and organize.
I think it would be foolish for the Conservatives to dump Scheer at this point but he’s been slow to show that he can or will change himself or shake up operations. Firing Leclerc and Harrison was necessary and perhaps if Scheer was hesitant in firing them the two men should have done the right thing and resigned.
When you are a political staffer your job is to protect your boss and sometimes that means falling on your sword. The fact this took a month to happen is not a good sign.
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See Also:
(1) Conservative Leader Scheer dismisses two top staff in wake of election loss
(2) The wakening of the sleepy Senate not good news for Scheer
