Kim Campbell tells it like it is

It is incomprehensible how many women on Fox and CNN news networks appear to have breast enhancements, bottled hair and perfectly toned bare arms. Can you imagine Peter Mansbridge reading the news in a muscle shirt? The idea is laughable.

Former prime minister Kim Campbell kicked up a Twitter storm when she linked to a blog post citing a study suggesting people who wear more clothing are considered smarter.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

February 19, 2018

OTTAWA—Long live the right to bare arms, NOT. Conservative Member of Parliament Michelle Rempel felt the need to cross hairs with her party’s former leader last week by contradicting Canada’s first woman prime minister on the question of gravitas and female flesh. Kim Campbell kicked up a Tw...

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