Andrew Scheer’s pick for committee chair rejected with good reason

While Andrew Scheer is entitled to voice his opinion on abortion, when he and other anti-choice Parliamentarians argue that their religious beliefs or moral values should dictate whether or not all women in Canada have access to abortion, that’s a problem.

University of Ottawa law professor Martha Jackman writes that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured after winning the party leadership race on May 27, is 'confusing freedom of expression with the basic qualifications required for any MP holding such a position,' when decrying his failed nomination of Conservative MP Rachel Harder as chair of the House Status of Women Committee. Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY MARTHA JACKMAN

October 3, 2017

In decrying his failed nomination of Conservative MP Rachel Harder as chair of the House Status of Women Committee, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is confusing freedom of expression with the basic qualifications required for any MP holding such a position. In the process he has revealed his...

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