Brown’s fall lucky for Wynne

Ontario may go to the polls next June with a woman leader in every party. In a curious twist, last week’s harassment allegation may put a woman in the premier’s chair.

Then interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, then Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, and MPP Lisa MacLeod, pictured July 3, 2016, in Toronto's gay pride parade. Photograph courtesy of Rona Ambrose Facebook

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

January 29, 2018

OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne must have been born under a lucky star. Against all odds, she beat a Liberal establishment choice to win the party’s provincial leadership. Then she parlayed her reputation as a straight-talking minister and a proud lesbian into the premier’s chair. She...

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