Rota resignation the patently right thing to do

A resignation is often framed by strategists as a loss to be avoided at all costs. The thinking on this needs to change and be more human.

Anthony Rota is a well-liked and well-respected person, but even good people of integrity make mistakes. When that happens, don’t fight for your job—do what is patently right, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 27, 2023

OTTAWA—As I write this column, Anthony Rota is still the Speaker of the House of Commons. My hope is—and it is out of no personal malice towards Rota—that by the time you are reading, Rota will have stepped down as the Speaker.

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