Leadership in an age of disinformation is impossible without respectful relationships

As the House resumes, our leaders should take the time to foster communicating with dignity, honour, and respect. Truth should be shared in a relationship with respect, so that it may be received.

Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on Dec. 6, 2021, on the Hill. Do we expect that political leaders and influencers in this country speak truth with a sense of responsibility to each other? Do we demand that political leaders and influencers speak with responsibility not only to their own followers but also to those who might disagree? If not, why not, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

January 31, 2022

OTTAWA—Aggressive convoys, conflicts, and wars all share a similar foundation—a decision to speak and act over others regardless of their rights and absent of our responsibilities to each other. Elder Woody Morrison would always smile in response to questions about what is truth. As an Elder, h...

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