Politics at its worst in political parties

Retroactive cutoffs, and green light committees with no public transparency or accountability, turn voters off. More important, they turn party members off. As a volunteer, if you are not allowed to participate in a nomination, you may just take a pass on an election too.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photograph. Sheila Copps says the party shouldn't interfere with open and democratic nomination races.
OTTAWA—Politics is at its worst in political parties. Internal decisions are usually made in secret with little recourse to the rules of due process that apply to normal business decisions. That may change, as a disgruntled New Democrat took his case to the courts last week after his party would...

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