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Perhaps it would be best to await former Harper cabinet minister John Baird’s external review of what went wrong in the Conservatives’ election campaign before the stoning of Andrew Scheer continues in earnest.

But, jay-z-uz, is he ever going to stop his self-harming?

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Will a lightbulb ever go off in his head?

In announcing the 50 MPs in his shadow cabinet last week, Scheer had a perfect chance to somewhat mute the cries of the LGBTQ community for his negative personal views on same-sex marriage.

In his new caucus, Scheer has a young, bright, openly-gay MP named Eric Duncan, a rookie representing the eastern Ontario riding of Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry.

But Scheer shunned him.

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Despite having the room for another Opposition critic on his roster, and quell some of the stoning, Scheer could not convince himself to have Duncan sitting around the shadow cabinet’s table with him.

Instead, Duncan was relegated to the anonymity of the back benches.