Here's the approach taken by Stephen Harper's former director of communications:

He states his article is in defense of religious tolerance but the only two quotes he can come up with don't even mention religion.

He calls Liberal assessments like: "somebody who has voted against every single civil rights advancement in the last 25 years" and "far-right social Conservatives" as "this kind of anti-Christian sneer."

To no great surprise, he then goes on to blow the familiar nativist dog-whistle: "you can get away with criticizing a Christian far more readily than you can for criticizing a Muslim."

Andrew Scheer might gain a few points by rapidly and publicly disavowing this kind of approach.