Scheer should have removed Cooper as party’s deputy justice critic too

The decision of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to keep Michael Cooper in his caucus will cost him dearly.

Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee, but is still the party's deputy justice critic in the House of Commons.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

June 10, 2019

OTTAWA—In politics, and in life, we are judged by the company we keep. The decision of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to keep Michael Cooper in his caucus will cost him dearly. Scheer says the case is closed because Cooper apologized and was removed from the House Justice Committee. But in a...

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