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===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"/>
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