Scheer says Liberals deflecting from scandals with abortion, same-sex marriage

OTTAWA -- Andrew Scheer said Thursday that the Liberals are trying to distract from their record of failure by dredging up divisive social issues and a government he leads would not re-open the debates on abortion or same-sex marriage. But the Conservative leader did not rule out giving latitude to individual MPs seeking to express themselves on those issues by bringing forward private members' bills that may seek to restrict LGBT rights or the right to abort a pregnancy. He did say he'd oppose