Senator Batters leads a fight for democracy, from her unelected seat

It is rather an odd position for someone who has never been elected and stands to keep her job for a total of 33 years without a single review by anyone. Senator Denise Batters is scheduled to retire on June 18, 2045.

Senator Denise Batters, pictured left, at a Senate committee meeting in 2014, is using her efforts to secure the firing of her leader, who has actually gone through a convention and an election, where his right to a seat in Parliament was affirmed. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

November 22, 2021

OTTAWA—The internal fight in the Conservative Party has once again shone a light into the dark places of the Chamber of Sober Second thought. And the illumination is sobering. Senator Denise Batters is supposedly leading a fight for democracy. It is rather an odd position for someone who has ne...

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