Notwithstanding government advice, I have travelled south and am currently coviding in 30-degree temperatures on the sunny beaches of Mexico. To be clear, we left home two weeks before the government issued an anti-travel advisory…
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Revenge served cold to one-term-wonder Trump
Donald Trump’s failings and disgraces as president haven’t shaken his core supporters, but they likely lost him his second term. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill Times on November 9, 2020. OTTAWA—Revenge is a…
A snap election would actually be a welcome diversion
Two confidence votes, two near misses in two weeks prepares voters for the fact that an election will come sooner rather than later. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill Times on October 22, 2020.…
Liberal COVID-fighting honeymoon is over
The longer we are in lockdown, the more Liberals will lose. With an under-functioning Parliament and a flattened COVID curve, the government needs to pivot quickly, or any hope of an early election majority may…
Americans undermined by Trump’s deliberate attempt to stoke flames of racial hatred
The only way that the United States can take back its streets and its dignity is by making sure that Donald Trump is thrashed in the November presidential election. Even then, the damage done to…
Canadians have been very supportive of the new normal, but enough is enough
The time has come to move as a herd. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill Times on June 1, 2020. OTTAWA—Surgical sterility is great for an operating room. But it does not work in…
Why do some retirement homes have zero infections while others are rampant?
The problem is the absolute patchwork of oversight when it comes to long-term care facilities. That problem should be solved with a national strategy. One of the after-effects of the pandemic will be a genuine…
We need a national strategy to restore confidence in long-term care
The debate about that strategy could well decide the next election. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill Times on May 18, 2020. OTTAWA—The prime minister’s admission that we are not doing well by our…
Scheer is sounding more and more like Harper
By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill Times on May 11, 2020. OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer is sounding more and more like Stephen Harper. Who could forget former prime minister Harper’s claim that Atlantic Canadians were suffering…
Biggest political victim of COVID-19 has been Conservative Party of Canada
Lame duck leader Andrew Scheer continues to shoot from the lip in his criticisms of everything the government is doing to minimize impacts of the COVID-19 world pandemic. By Sheila CoppsFirst published in The Hill…
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