Conservative MPs and strategists agree that appointing former Harper cabinet minister John Baird to lead the election post-mortem is the right call. 'He does not hold any punches,' says Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie.

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured speaking with reporters after a marathon caucus meeting in West Block on Nov. 6, 2019. The party did not do a good job of convincing Canadians that they were the best alternative to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Liberals in the October election, says Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie, and now Mr. Scheer has to 'figure out why that is and what we have to do to address that.'