Score one for the Conservatives, or maybe not

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel’s abrasive questioning made for great television. But her vitriol actually detracted from any political message.

Conservative MPs Michelle Rempel and Pierre Poilievre, pictured July 25, 2018, at the House Citizenship and Immigration Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 30, 2018

OTTAWA—The lazy days of summer are always a good time to draw attention to a political issue. Except when they are not. Last week’s “emergency session” on asylum seekers managed to secure major media exposure and testimony from three ministers. So the Conservative opposition succeeded in it...

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