You can tell the liberals are scared and have noticed an increase of support for Andrew Scheer's conservative policies because they feel the need to associate him to Stephen Harper.  Andrew Scheer is the new face of the conservative policy and if you have issues with the policies and ideas he is bringing forth that's no problem.  However an honest and respectable reporter would take issue with the policies or ideas themselves, not the previous leader of the policy.  This is simply a total copout and beneath any news outlet who wants to be seen as a reputable organization.