It is tough to keep anti-choice candidates motivated if the leader refuses to guarantee their right to introduce anti-abortion private members’ bills. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill TImes on October 7, 2019. OTTAWA—Conservative…
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Kim Campbell was right
By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on September 30, 2019. Just last week, the Liberals and the New Democrats both launched their environmental platforms. But analysis of those platforms did not even…
The debate about debates is debatable
National debates need competing viewpoints. This is really the only time when ordinary Canadians get an insider’s glimpse at what makes political parties tick. You don’t have to agree with any of them. By Sheila…
Globe appears to be on campaign to keep SNC-Lavalin story alive
To avoid undue election influence, the RCMP has announced it will not be investigating anything during the writ period. That fact was buried in The Globe story. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill…
Cross-party House friendships of the last century appear to be non-existent today
Back in ’80s, we didn’t hate each other in the House. But the civility marking those years is gone today. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on September 9, 2019. OTTAWA—Last week,…
Anti-immigrant attitudes could be undoing of the United Kingdom
Many of the Brexiteers voted ‘Leave’ over immigration, but few in the U.K.—and Canada—seem to understand how vital immigration is for economic growth. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on September 2,…
Leaders’ debate format a recipe for populist fodder
Maxime Bernier’s ideas should be defeated at the ballot box, not in the back rooms of the Leaders’ Debates Commission. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on August 26, 2019. OTTAWA—The broadcast…
Voters have their minds made up on SNC, with or without Dion’s report
Most Canadians have tuned out, and things are still looking up for the Liberals in Quebec. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on August 19, 2019. The gift that keeps on giving.…
Time has come for Liberals to get a spine on guns in Canada
But with the continual barrage of mass shootings in the United States, the issue is not likely to go away anytime soon. Almost weekly incidents of gun violence in Toronto pretty much guarantee that Liberals…
Fixed election dates don’t work
The chief electoral officer of Canada is the same person who recently ruled that having an election on a religious holiday was kosher. Politicians of all stripes complained about religious insensitivity but the election date…
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