Editing Andrew Scheer (section)

==Early life and career==
Scheer was born on May 20, 1979,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/andrew-scheer-conservative-party/article36509608/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=Andrew who? In search of Scheer's still-elusive Conservative identity|date=6 October 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=9 February 2022|language=en-GB}}</ref> at the [[Ottawa Hospital|Riverside Hospital]]<ref name="birth">{{cite news|title=Scheer|date=May 22, 1979|page=32|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94647378/the-ottawa-citizen/|accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref> in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] and was raised in Ottawa. He is the son of Mary Gerarda Therese (née Enright), a nurse, and James D. Scheer,<ref>{{cite web
 | title         = Letters to the Editor: Rash Judgment
 | year          = 2004
 | work          = [[New Oxford Review]]
 | quote         = Deacon James D. Scheer Ottawa, Canada
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 | archive-date  = 13 January 2006
 | access-date   = 27 August 2018
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url           = http://bcc.rcav.org/canadian/796-deborah-gyapong
 | title         = The B.C. Catholic Paper – New Speaker of the House has never hidden his faith
 | first         = Brent
 | last          = Mattson
 | work          = rcav.org
 | date          = 7 June 2011
 | archive-date  = 6 November 2014
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106021827/http://bcc.rcav.org/canadian/796-deborah-gyapong
 | quote         = His father, Jim Scheer is a permanent deacon at St. Patrick's Basilica and his mother Mary is an active and devout member of the parish.
}}</ref> a librarian, proofreader with the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', and [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Deacon (Catholic Church)|deacon]].<ref name=Raj>{{cite web
 | last          = Raj
 | first         = Althia
 | title         = Andrew Scheer, 'Consensus Candidate,' Hopes The Nice Guy Finishes First in Tory Leadership
 | url           = http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/25/andrew-scheer-tory-leadership-race-2017_n_16807094.html
 | work          = [[HuffPost]]
 | quote         = James Scheer, a deacon of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, wasn't a card-carrying member of any political party until his son joined politics, but he was a small "c" conservative, and a classic liberal, who helped shape Scheer's thinking.
 | date          = 25 May 2017
 | access-date   = 28 May 2017
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?pid=184451234 |title=Mary Scheer Obituary |publisher=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |website=Legacy.com |date=11 March 2017 |access-date=28 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528053413/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?pid=184451234 |archive-date=28 May 2017 }}</ref> James was born in the United States, making his son Andrew a U.S. citizen at birth despite being born in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-is-a-dual-canadian-u-s-citizen|title=Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen|publisher=nationalpost.com|date=3 October 2019|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> According to a 2019 Maclean's article, Scheer's family earned considerably more than the median income for most Canadian families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/andrew-scheers-parents-were-frugal-but-he-grew-up-solidly-middle-class/|title=Andrew Scheer's parents were frugal, but he grew up solidly middle-class – Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|date=February 8, 2019 |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> Scheer has two sisters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/andrew-scheers-parents-were-frugal-but-he-grew-up-solidly-middle-class/|title=Andrew Scheer's parents were frugal, but he grew up solidly middle-class – Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|date=February 8, 2019 |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref> Part of Scheer's family is from [[Romania]] and Ireland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/andrew-scheer-leader-conservative-party-of-canada-profile/ |title=Andrew Scheer, the Conservative Party's folksy unifier |publisher=Macleans.ca |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=18 September 2017 |quote=Scheer knew that a branch of his family originated in Romania.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/07/14/andrew-scheer-looking-to-be-pm-in-2019-if-he-can-break-through-politics-by-instagram|title=Andrew Scheer looking to be PM in 2019 if he can break through politics by Instagram |first=Rick |last=Bell |work=The Calgary Sun|date=14 July 2017|access-date=21 August 2017 |quote=A part of his family is Romanian and he recalls when Romanian troops shot the tyrant Nicolae Ceausescu.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AndrewScheerMP/posts/pfbid02RwhmWbgWTcPeAqVqUXHgfWCJzLGBNEdk73wfwSj6rMSiea1V3cks3Ec8Xgnpdhxyl|title=Andrew Scheer - On behalf of my Enright, Roche, Conlan and...}}</ref> and his paternal grandfather was Jewish.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thecjn.ca/news/thousands-celebrate-yom-ha-atzmaut-in-montreal/ | title=Thousands celebrate Yom Ha-Atzmaut in Montreal | date=April 20, 2018 }}</ref> Scheer spent summers during his youth with his maternal grandparents in [[Mississauga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/qa-andrew-scheer-new-conservative-leader-determined-beat-justin-trudeau/ |work=[[Toronto Life]] |date=31 May 2017 |first=Luc |last=Rinaldi |title=Q&A: Andrew Scheer, the new Conservative leader determined to beat Justin Trudeau |quote=My family is from Mississauga, and I have very fond memories of staying there with my grandparents for weeks at a time in the summer. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023033/https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/qa-andrew-scheer-new-conservative-leader-determined-beat-justin-trudeau/|archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Scheer graduated from [[Immaculata High School (Ottawa)|Immaculata High School]] and received the school's "Distinguished Catholic Alumni Award" in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fallconnections.com/hs-programs/students/honours-and-awards/2012-award-recipient |title=2012 Award Recipient - Ottawa Catholic School Board |access-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815164151/https://www.fallconnections.com/hs-programs/students/honours-and-awards/2012-award-recipient |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Post-secondary education===
In 1998, Scheer began his studies in criminology,<ref name="glebereport.ca">{{Cite web
 | title         = Andrew Scheer
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 | date          = 2000-11-03
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}}</ref> political science, and history at the [[University of Ottawa]];<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web
 | url           = http://www.andrewscheer.ca/EN/4488/
 | title         = About Andrew
 | access-date   = 4 October 2019
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20070113230014/http://www.andrewscheer.ca/EN/4488/
 | archive-date  = 13 January 2007
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}}</ref> he would ultimately graduate in 2008, receiving his [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree four years after he was first elected to Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://alumni.uottawa.ca/evnts/page.aspx?pid=2872&dcid6079=dd822438-20e5-4f7d-b247-e6d6ec9f53c1&dpi6079=0 |title=Alumni Directory |access-date=4 October 2019 }}</ref> During his earlier university years, Scheer worked on several political campaigns, including the [[Unite the Right (Canada)#1997–2000: The United Alternative / Canadian Alliance|Unite the Right]] campaign to merge the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] and [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform]] parties and [[Preston Manning]]'s [[Canadian Alliance leadership elections#2000 leadership election|campaign to lead]] the [[Canadian Alliance]]. He also worked in the correspondence department of the Office of the [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|leader of the Opposition]] under [[Stockwell Day]].<ref name=Raj/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/scheers-campaign-manager-on-ending-his-rebel-ties/|title=Andrew Scheer's campaign manager on ending his Rebel ties – Macleans.ca|date=17 August 2017|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=27 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Scheer also worked on Ottawa city councillor [[Karin Howard]]'s youth advisory committee. In his third year of university, Scheer ran as a school trustee for the [[Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board]] in the [[2000 Ottawa municipal election]]s<ref name="glebereport.ca"/> but lost to incumbent Kathy Ablett.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/long-serving-ottawa-catholic-school-board-trustee-dies|title=Kathy Ablett, long-serving Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee, dies|date=14 May 2018|work=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=17 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> After meeting his future wife Jill Ryan at the University of Ottawa, Scheer moved to her hometown of [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], and continued his studies at the [[University of Regina]], taking some courses for his BA there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-holds-dual-canadian-us-citizenship/|title=Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, had attacked Michaëlle Jean on same issue|first=Robert|last=Fife|work=Globe and Mail|date=3 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

===Pre-MP work===
In Regina, Scheer worked as an insurance clerk, a waiter, and an assistant in the constituency office of [[Canadian Alliance]] MP [[Larry Spencer]].<ref name=Raj/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/reginas-andrew-scheer-waiter-insurance-broker-and-now-federal-opposition-leader|title=Regina's Andrew Scheer: waiter, insurance broker, and now federal Opposition Leader|first=Barb|last=Pacholik|work=leaderpost |publisher=Regina Leader-Post|date=29 May 2017|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1792338&cache=|title=CTV QP: Was Andrew Scheer an insurance broker?|date=September 29, 2019 |publisher=CTV|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> In 2005, Scheer's blog as an MP listed that he was an accredited insurance broker,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://andrewscheermp.blogspot.com/ |title=Andrew Scheer, M.P. |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208133657/http://andrewscheermp.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=8 December 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2007 the biography section on Scheer's MP website stated that he passed the Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker program in Saskatchewan and started his insurance industry career at Shenher Insurance in Regina.<ref name="Archived copy"/> During the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 election]], when Scheer was [[Conservative Party of Canada#Leader|Conservative leader]], his biography on the party website stated that he had worked as an [[insurance broker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.conservative.ca/andrew-scheer/|title=Our Team: Andrew Scheer|publisher=Conservative Party of Canada|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008010255/https://www.conservative.ca/andrew-scheer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon investigation ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' found no evidence that he was ever [[Accreditation|accredited]] as an insurance broker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5968537/scheer-insurance-broker-claim/|title=Scheer accused of falsely claiming he was once an insurance broker in Saskatchewan|publisher=Global News|date=30 September 2019|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> Scheer responded to these claims by maintaining that he received accreditation for general insurance after leaving Shenher Insurance in Regina.<ref name="McGregor">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-insurance-broker-monday-1.5303394|title=Andrew Scheer's experience in the insurance industry: '6 or 7 months'|first=Janyce|last=McGregor|publisher=CBC News|date=30 September 2019|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref> As of September 2019, the provincial regulator, Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan, was reviewing the matter.<ref name="McGregor"/>