Politics used to be fun

The internecine warfare, which marked Jean Chrétien's last two years in power, were not pretty. But by and large, Chrétien’s time was a period when politics was fun and all political parties shared a common bond.

Nobody's baby: Sheila Copps' public relationship with Mulroney-era cabinet minister John Crosbie was indeed stormy, but in private, they were friends, she writes. 'I still get his Christmas card every year.' The Hill Times file photographs

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

October 29, 2018

OTTAWA—Politics used to be fun. The House of Commons was partly theatre where all were encouraged to make their point, often with props. Now-deceased New Democrat Member of Parliament Jim Fulton once slapped a stinking dead salmon on the desk of prime minister Brian Mulroney to highlight mismanag...

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