I can tell you something else Conservatives need to stop doing if they ever want to form a government again--especially their MPs: Absolutely no more running down to right-wing US media outlets to slime Trudeau in front of a foreign audience that doesn't give a damn about Canada.

Only the most hard-core Reformists think it's a good idea--the same people who repeat the same tired, mindless one-liners about Trudeau's socks, hair, resume etc. on newspaper comment boards. Everyone else in the country thinks Rempel, Kent et al are either complete idiots or the kind of people who would betray their own family to win votes.

Of course, appealing to Harper Conservatives on the basis of reason, or even self interest, may be a waste of time. They always seem to double down on the things that do them the most harm. They did it to the entire country for 10 years, and it looks like they still haven't figured out why we fired them.