A Federal Court ruling could end up seriously curtailing a big source of funding for Canada’s art museums. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on August 20, 2018. OTTAWA—Most Canadians know little…
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You can’t learn from history by hiding it
The search and destroy mission targeting Sir John A. Macdonald, does nothing to redress past wrongs. Instead, it stokes the flames of division by refusing to embrace the true meaning of reconciliation. By Sheila Copps…
Ford’s decision to cut Toronto City Hall down to size has all earmarks of a revenge move
Minimizing political oversight will do nothing to enhance services or reduce expenditures. It will merely concentrate power in fewer hands, eroding democracy in a process the current mayor has described as fundamentally flawed. By Sheila…
Score one for the Conservatives, or maybe not
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel’s abrasive questioning made for great television. But her vitriol actually detracted from any political message. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on July 30, 2018. OTTAWA—The lazy days…
Balance of cabinet excellence tipped in favour of women
The good news is that the majority of his ministerial choices have been sound. With a few exceptions, most ministers have been able to move forward on an activist government agenda. His female roster is…
Trump alienates allies on his own calling for defence boost
Donald Trump’s slash-and-burn geopolitics stokes the sort of chaos that drives the defence spending he has called for. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on July 16, 2018. OTTAWA—Politics is about making…
Ford’s move serves to sabotage environmental responsibility
By cutting government taxes on gasoline, Doug Ford is actually decreasing the envelope available for investment in public transit expansion across the province. By Sheila Copps First published in The Hill Times on July 9,…
What if you threw a party and nobody came?
When the mayor of Canada’s capital city decides to boycott the American ambassador’s annual Fourth of July picnic, you know the jig is up with the Yanks. By SHEILA COPPS First published in The Hill…
What last week’s Conservative byelection win in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord could mean for Grits, Tories, and NDP
The Quebec byelection in a bellwether riding that has voted for every party in the 93 years since it was created, should ring alarm bells for the federal Liberals. By SHEILA COPPS First published in…
Shot across the bow by Canada’s top bureaucrat will likely not be the last
Michael Wernick has also decided to engage in a high-risk, high return game of ‘gotcha’ with the country’s most powerful number-cruncher. By SHEILA COPPS First published in The Hill Times on June 18, 2018. OTTAWA—Two…
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