Sad House mourns Shaughnessy: “Impossible combination of vigorous partisanship and of open-minded friendship”

Liberal MP Shaughnessy Cohen was, in her own words, "no blushing flower." She came proudly from that Scots Irish tradition of strong, tough, unstoppable women. Unstoppable, that is, until last Wednesday when fate touched her and broke all our hearts.

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