The good, the bad, and the PPC

As we rightly acknowledge the giant forward step Canada has taken by having our elected representative unanimously agree to ban conversion therapy, we can’t just close our eyes to the perseverance of Bernier and the PPC.

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier is pictured leaving the West Block on April 15. It would be foolhardy to entirely dismiss PPC supporters as knuckle-dragging moon-howlers. The sense of dislocation that Bernier thrives on, preys on, generates fear about, needs to be responsibly addressed or it could grow, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

December 8, 2021

OTTAWA—Last week, both the extraordinarily encouraging and the deeply discouraging were on display in our federal political system. The brightness of unanimous parliamentary consent on the need to move forward the ban on conversion therapy, followed by the much less appealing resounding endorsemen...

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