Politics & the Pen goes virtual for 20th anniversary of Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

The Politics & the Pen event is a night 'to support free expression, deep scholarship, and gifted writers wrestling with historic and contemporary issues that shape our ever-changing and unfinished country.' This year, it's going virtual.

Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt and former NDP MP Megan Leslie, pictured delivering a legendary song and dance number at the 2013 event. This year’s ceremony will be held online. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

September 21, 2020

Celebration is tricky in isolation. Logistics aside, when the isolation is imposed because of a rampant virus that has killed thousands, celebrating anything might come across as crass. Life, however, does not wholly stop during a pandemic. Milestones happen and deserve to be marked with a celebrat...

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